Levi & Lucy Love

Lately, Levi has felt the need to show Lucy extra affection. This is better than before, where he would just smack her. I say, "Be gentle, Levi!" and he hugs her. Lucy isn't the biggest fan of the hug but she puts up with it most days.

I thought this was too precious not to post:

And more fun in the bath:I liked his little feet on either side, showing.

Halloween 2011

Andrew suggested we pass out candy again this year as church kids like to come over. Levi got to help daddy this year. They both dressed up for the occasion. Levi raided the candy bowl a few times... :)
He got used to the door bell ringing and he started watching for kids. Here Levi is looking at Grandma , Grandpa, Meagan, Uncle Stephen and Aunt Bea. We are learning faces and names. He points when I say a name. We are preparing for Thanksgiving!
Levi is working on his 1st chore. :) I was vacuuming and he showed interest so I let him take a turn. Andrew was awesome helping me harvest and clean all the carrots that were left in our garden.
And here is a photo of some of the tomatoes we harvested before the freezes came. I liked the stages of ripeness. We had a huge mixing bowl of green tomatoes and ALL of them ripened on the counter. We didn't have to loose our crop.

Fun with leaves

Andrew, Levi and I went outside to rake/play in some leaves last night. I thought you would want to see some pictures.

Enjoying the Last Days of Fall

Levi and I have had some fun days playing out in the leaves lately. Yesterday was beautiful. I wanted to share some fun pictures of Levi enjoying possibly one of the last nice days of fall. (He snuck this USB cord out with him.)

Here Levi is enjoying some spaghetti.Father-son guitar lesson.He is OBSESSED with getting in the dishwasher.Millage toes.Levi at 12 months holding his newborn photo.

October Fun

2 weekends ago, Andrew, Levi and I went to the Pumpkin Festival in town. This 1st photo is at the park across from the church. These are pumpkin displays from area businesses and organizations.

This is "The Great Pumpkin Wall".Here were a few cutely decorated pumpkins from area grade schoolers. I thought the nieces and nephews might enjoy seeing these: This man carves pumpkins in to funny faces.I also wanted to update you on the garden. We finally got 1 melon. Not too big but oh well, it was edible. The rest of the plant died due to lack of water and then a cold snap.

Bell peppers have survived so far as well.

Homeschooling Materials

I occasionally do a homeschooling post when I find something cool or useful (not that I can use them yet :)

The following links are all PDF files that you can alter for your own purposes provided by CreativeMamma.com :

(1) Traceable printing sheet.
(2) Traceable cursive sheet.
(3) Reading report log.

I know you may well have your own methods so far but it is neat that you can make the tracing sheets say anything you want.

Fall, 12 Month Stats & Garage Sale Finds

This is the view looking out the breakfast nook window in the kitchen. I think it is officially fall. I do like fall: Warm soups, cozy blankets, sweaters, hot drinks, leaf colors, etc... But I am already missing summer a little bit.

I finally got Levi in to see the Dr. for his 12 month check up. (She was out from surgery until now.) He weighs 19lbs 10 oz. 30" long. I think head circ. was 18". He does NOT want to sit down any more. He must be cruising around everything. He likes cruising along the walls in the 3-season room. Here he is from inside and outside:Levi has found our toilet paper and the joys of spinning it all off...Levi and I went out to the Farmers' Market and some garage sales this morning. I found this dress shirt and tie for Andrew at 2 different garage sales. (50 cents for shirt, 25 cents for tie, can't go wrong!) I think it is handsome. You can't really tell from this picture but there are little dots that are the same color as the shirt, in the tie. I also found this Boy Scouts long sleeve shirt for 25 cents. It is size Youth Medium (10-12). Do you want this for Theo for the future, Hillary? I can always give it away but I thought it was so cheap and in good condition and thought of you.