Monday, December 29, 2008

Christmas Fun

Christmas morning was fun at our house. Levi really liked coloring with chalk in his new "Barney Goes to School" book. He'd go anywhere with Barney.


He also had a lot of fun building a tower with his new Thomas stacking boxes, playing with his new Lego table and running his new trains over the blips in the Lego table. What a fun sound!

And what a better way to top of Jesus' birthday with a yummy cupcake!




Tuesday, December 23, 2008

God is "GWEAT!"

This past Saturday, we went to McDonald's for dinner after a long day of birthday parties and shopping for refrigerators. Scott brought our food to the table then took off to go get drinks and napkins. Levi was drooling for his McNuggets, so we said the blessing together while Scott was gone. When Scott came back around the corner, Levi greeted him by shouting "Daddy, God is GWEAT!" It was a really sweet moment and a nice reminder that God is, indeed, GWEAT!

Friday, December 19, 2008

Hill Happenings

There are a lot of things going on in the Hill house lately. In addition to trying to sell our house and MOVE, we are trying to keep up with Levi and his ramblings. Here are a few things you might hear around our house:

"Mommy got gween?" (Mommy is your shirt green?)
"Wook, daddy, wook! It's bus! Huwwy!" (Daddy, here comes a bus!)
"What color is dis?" (while holding up a crayon or any colored item)
"Play Wosie?" (Can we play Ring Around the Rosie?)
"Wook! Powice car! No, dat's fire twuck...no, dat's ambuwance..."

In addition to a few of the above, Levi now knows all of his primary colors (with the exception of the occasional mixup between brown and black--they are similar, you know?). He can also count items up to ten. If you ask him to count to ten, he sometimes gets in a hurry and says: "one, seben, nine, TEYUN!"

His favorite Bible songs are "Bringing in the Sheaves" (or cheese, what are sheaves anyway), "Jesus Loves the Little Children" and "Zaccheus." "Father Abraham" is also high on his list. He knows most of the words to these. The Barney song is also a hit and he can sing it by himself.

His favorite foods are chicken nuggets, yogurt, cheese and chicken nuggets. Mmmm, good.

Potty training is still going well. He doesn't do so well at church and you're looking at trouble if he tells you he has to poo poo and you're nowhere near a preschool potty or home. He won't sit on a regular potty. They are SOOOO scary.

Anyhow, he is lots of fun. We are blessed to have him!

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Group Shot, Take 412!

Saturday night, Scott and Levi settled in for some male bonding time (ie watching Barney, playing chase and some good ole train crashing) and I headed out for food and fellowship with some of my good friends. Isn't this a smokin' hot group of ladies?

They're some pretty nice women to have in your corner when you need a good friend, too. :)

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Will This Be the Last Christmas on this Mantle?

Friday night, I finished up our mantle decorations, adding some of those big, retro, colored lights. I think it added a little something extra to the rocking horses, don't you?

We never thought we would be decorating for Christmas in this house again this year, but we are. Hopefully, someone will buy our house SOON so we can move closer to church, work, friends, etc...

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Before...and After

Monday evening I decided it was time to bite the bullet and take Levi for a haircut. Do you think he needed one?

Before...

And after.......
I think he did, don't you? Of course, when I use the words "take Levi for a haircut," it sounds so easy. I mean, how difficult could it be, right? He's small. He doesn't have much hair. It probably takes ten minutes tops, right?
WRONG.
The reason we let it get to the awful, shaggy state it was in above is that it's got to be the most horrible experience ever. I mean, thirty minutes of screaming, crying, flailing, begging, chafing, bruising, bucking, pleading, bribing, sometimes bleeding time in a barber chair. This time was so bad that the last five minutes at Sportclips required two of us holding him so the barber could finish the job. It is so horrible that I have truly considered implementing the use of ponytails or cornrows to avoid having to take Levi for a trim.
It won't always be this way, will it? If anyone has any helpful tips, please share!

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Smooch!

There's just something about 2 year-old kisses that is oh-so-nice...