nursery

Last Sunday morning I had to work in the nursery at church.  I wasn't sure how it was going to go with Caleb and Logan since the last time I tried to sit in there they ended up having meltdowns.  We decided our best shot at success was to have Mike take Levi into church with him so that Caleb and Logan wouldn't feel "threatened" by having him in nursery.  Whether that was the reason or not, they did great!  They didn't mind when I paid attention to other kids either - there was only the other nursery worker and her daughter, and two other girls and those two were having a bit of a hard time being in nursery so they needed a little extra tlc.  I also had to change the girls' diapers, and even though I've changed plenty of girls' diapers in the past, it was still a little funny...I guess changing thousands of boy diapers over the last couple years has me pretty used to boys!

Speaking of which, of course Caleb and Logan are very observant and curious.  :)  The other day we had to go through a long list of who has a "pee-pee" and who doesn't.  I think it was Logan kept throwing different names out there, and I just kept saying "Yup, he's a boy" or "No, she's a girl"...  Also, they'll talk about how Levi eats from my belly.  :)  Yesterday afternoon I was out getting groceries and Mike was going to feed Levi a bottle.  But, Logan saw that Mike didn't have a shirt on and asked if he was going to feed him from his belly!

Both Caleb and Logan have been into asking where things came from or who gave them something.  They'll ask about pretty much EVERYTHING.  "Where that come from?" or "Who gave that a me?"  Yesterday I found a book for them at a resale shop and while they were looking at it last night Caleb asked something about when he was born - his question didn't come out real clear, but I knew he was asking if that was a gift he got when he was born (because there have been items like that that we've discussed lately).  They are also really into birthdays.  Logan keeps saying, "My birthday gonna be later."

Caleb has figured out that he can blame things on his brother.  He's not very good at it yet, though!  There will be something that I'll see him do, or Logan will be right next to me and I know he didn't do it, yet Caleb will still try to say, "Logan do it!"  At least he's not trying to blame Levi yet.  :)

Caleb and Logan ask so. many. questions!  And it's great!  :)  Sometimes Logan will get this really serious scowling look on his face and say, "What you talking about?"  Or, if they hear part of a conversation Mike and I are having they'll ask, "You talking about....?"  Gotta be careful, these guys hear everything and see everything - can't get a whole lot past them anymore!

Mike's packing shed started up this past week.  Is it bad that we're already counting down the days??  :)  It's not terrible, certainly we have so much to be thankful for, but it's going to be a challenge this year.  I LOVE my kids, and I love staying home with them, I wouldn't have it any other way, but they can definitely drain me and Mike's long days at work mean long days for me at work, too.  :)  There were a few days last week that we barely got to say "hi" to each other.  But, it's been a nice weekend together as a family.  We didn't have alot going on, and the boys have colds so they couldn't be in church this morning but they weren't terrible, so we still had a nice time hanging out.

Levi is growing up so fast!  :)  He's already dropped another feeding and is down to eating 5 times a day.  I wasn't going to try it for another couple weeks, but it just sorta happened the other day and he still made it through the night fine.  He still naps between every feeding.  He's been a smiler for a long time now, and I've sorta gotten laugh type noises out of him, but he definitely laughed for Mike this weekend a few times.  And, yes, of course when I got the camera out he stopped...  He's been sucking his hand/fingers/thumb more often, and won't take a pacifier when I try.  Hope this doesn't turn into a major habit...I'd alot rather deal with taking a pacifier away than a thumb...  But, it does look pretty cute!