Over a month ago Caleb and Levi had birthdays! It kind of got lost in the shuffle of moving - that week before their birthday the movers moved our stuff to our new house, then we came back to my parent's house, John came for the weekend to celebrate their birthdays, and then we had a family reunion and we left for our new home. But hopefully they didn't feel like it got too left out. We celebrated with my parents, Caleb and Levi share a birthday with my mom. Trying to get a picture of the three of them together didn't work out too well so I won't show those :)
Caleb!
He loved watching the movers put our stuff in the truck, and for days after he pretended he was a mover putting boxes in the truck. So I made him a moving truck cake, kind of sagging in the middle, but it looks a lot like our truck did!
Levi!
Levi pretends to be a garbage man a lot, so he has a garbage truck cake.
Just a few pictures from the year. Last year I wrote about their birth, so I won't again. I just can't believe they're 3!! It sounds so grown up, if I were still working they'd be in my preschool class - that seems so strange. But then when I see them in nursery with the younger children, they do seem like they're growing up :( This is Caleb at the park. He always wonders if parks we go to have "drivers" (steering wheels). Caleb loves to pretend! He does actions and everything. Usually he's "'cycle man!" (with his recycling truck).
Caleb raked this dirt for a good 45 minutes this spring. Why the hat? I have no idea. Caleb loves to be read to, he'll listen for a really long time. He's a good helper, especially since we've moved. He gets upset if he can't help get ready for dinner! He always asks, "Mom, what can I carry?"
And lately, he says, "I want to be all snuggled up" in a very cute little voice :) He is always asking questions. The other day he asked what a musher does. I said I didn't know what a musher was. He asked again. I asked him what it was, we were driving in the middle of nowhere and I couldn't even find anything he could be referring to. I tried to ignore him and he finally said, "Mom, tell me what mushers do!" Luckily there was some piece of heavy equipment coming up and that distracted him!
As far as development, Caleb is out of the therapies he was in, he's too old and doesn't qualify for preschool. He can now jump off of something small, and can go up the stairs with alternating feet, no hands! He still doesn't eat much, but luckily will drink a high calorie drink so we'll see if he's gaining anything when we go to his new doctor.
And then there's Levi....he cracks me up all the time! He's very thorough when he talks, very verbal - "I need to go downstairs to get my truck. I'll be right back." He's serious a lot, he needs things just so - the lids have to be closed on the ketchup during dinner, things like that. The other day Caleb was playing with an extension cord, using it as a microphone to be Woody during their toy meeting on the movie "Toy Story", it was quite cute. But then Caleb comes up crying that Levi took it. Levi said, "This is way too dangerous. It's not for little boys." Then one day in all seriousness, he said, "I want to be a cow when I grow up." I asked him what he'll do when he's a cow. "I'll moo." I love this stage!
Levi loves to pretend, too. Here he's driving his train. He likes to drive most anything with wheels! He likes to go to the store and buy things, and surprisingly with his somewhat unhealthy diet he buys asparagus, broccoli, and apples quite often :)
Lately he's been feeding ducks. He'll go get some pudding, use a spoon, and pretend to feed his green and yellow ducks. Levi has a good memory, and can repeat parts of movies, and has parts of several books memorized - he loves books! He can list the steps it takes to do something, like each little step to go somewhere - first we need to find our shoes, then we put them on, etc.
As for development, he also doesn't qualify for state-run preschool, which is great! For cognitive development they're both right on. Physically he can jump with two feet on the ground, not off something yet, and has been alternating his feet on the stairs while holding on (those are the next steps toward physical development). As far as eating, he is finally eating some! He's eaten crackers, sandwiches, pancakes, things like that, and even tried a grape and green bean! He still has a long way to go, is maybe eating 10% of his food by chewing, but he's definitely making progress!
Little mirror images!
Still small enough to ride in the same swing - barely! It's a little tight for them. This gets long with two boys to write about, but we sure are glad to have these two little boys in our home, they are so sweet and fun and we love every minute - except the fighting :)
