Baby Gus is 4 months!

Gus Gus is now rolling over, has found his feet, and coos all day long (and a decent part of the night too!). He's generally a very happy baby and notices everyone who walks into a room. He thinks his big brothers are hilarious and, when he laughs, he sounds exactly like Felix. He's a pretty good sleeper, all though his internal clock is stuck on 4:03am lately; we need to work on that! He's still incredibly snuggly and loves to play on his mat. I also think he might be getting teeth, as he always has his fingers in his mouth! 

The Easter Bunny Is Back

Gus was able to enjoy his 1st Easter, and the big boys were thrilled to have the big bunny stop by again. When John and I woke up this morning, the front door was cracked. Levi woke up in the middle of the night and had checked the front step to see if the Easter Bunny had left him a basket (thankfully, we live in a rather safe neighborhood....)

 

Happily enjoying their baskets

Waiting for the egg hunt to start at our friend's annual Easter brunch. Felix was most interested in the balloons that were scattered about.

Gus Gus' 1st Easter!

 

Ready set go...

Felix taking his sweet time

 Dada and Gus hanging out watching the egg hunt

Eating their loot

The Easter Bunny even performed a magic show

We discovered Levi loves magic! We had a lovely morning and finished off the holiday with dinner at our cousins!

Preparing for the Easter Bunny

We dyed eggs the other afternoon. Levi was really into it; Felix, on the other hand, had more fun cracking the shells and shoveling them all into the same container.

Race Car!

John and Levi have been doing Indian Guides all year, and this past weekend they decorated their box car and raced it. Levi LOVED every minute of decorating the car and the actual race it self!

Levi and his Art

Levi has really taken to doing art projects both at school and at home. Every day when I pick him up, he usually has 2-3 art projects he's made during "choice time." They regularly consist of ideas he's completely developed on his own. These are a few of my favorite ones...

This started off as a 6 sided box PopPop helped him make. A few days later he wanted to make a gondola, which stemmed from our recent Mammoth trip.  He added doors, a bench for skiers to sit on and a cable for it to hang from. So creative!

This started off as a leash for a dog. When he got home he wanted to make an actual dog to put on the leash. We drew it together, and he cut it out.

My personal favorite...lemon ice cream cone!

Levi is an early bird and usually gets up before any of us. He is quite good about entertaining himself in his room by doing art projects or reading books.  The other morning, he got out his colored tape and decorated his plane. He told me it was ready for the 4th of July (inspired by us decorating his bike for last year's 4th of July parade). I love the hot pink tail!

Big Brother & Baby Brother

It melts my heart watching Levi love on his little baby brother Gus Gus.

A Week With Messie

Messie came down for a week of sunshine, time with her grandsons, and a little R&R with John and me. 

We immediately hit the nursery and utilized Messie's green thumb. We now have a variety of new pots and a veggie & herb garden!

 

The boys love the responsibility of watering the garden. We just have to make sure it's not watered 5x a day.

 

Messie and baby Gus Gus who's almost 4 months old

We finally checked out the Space Shuttle Endeavor; it was uh-amazing!

 

Messie was the guest speaker this week at Levi's school, and she read two of his favorite books. He chose 'Harold and the Purple Crayon' & 'Mr. Pusskins.'

We had such a fun week and can't wait for her to hurry back!