a visit from g'ma battaglia.

wednesday, august 18, 2010.

g'ma battaglia came over today. we hadn't seen her since she and g'pa brought espen over for a little visit on friday. now that espen is in preschool, maaa... is taking a much needed break!!! the boys were THRILLED to see her and have her all to themselves. i took the opportunity to go do some grocery shopping and other errands ALONE.

espen's birthday is sunday and maaa... bought the boys presents too, but wanted to have them open the gifts at our house instead of at the party.

levi got a GOLF CART that hauls a$$ when you drag him backwards and let go.

grammy really knows how to pick out presents!!!

abraham working super hard at getting his prezzie out.

abraham got his own JOHN DEERE TRACTOR and trailer.

papa's father's day present.

tuesday, june 22, 2010. the boys worked super hard on papa's present, but abraham was asleep when we got home from the movie and ice cream on father's day. we were gonna give pops his present on monday, but this whole sickness business has turned our days into blurs. we didn't end up giving them to him until tonight.

levi giving papa his dragon card.

when i told levi we needed to make a card, he said he wanted to make a dragon, but he wanted me to draw it. i started to draw it, but levi decided he wanted to try it. so, papa ended up with two dragon cards.

papa couldn't keep his eyes open. they were really bothering him.

another eyes closed shot.

suspense.

yay! papa loved it. levi is explaining how he and abe each did different pieces. there is an L for levi and an A for abe.

it's a dragonfly to hang outside with our large glass dragonfly.

so cute.

papa's poor eyes.

love.

the finished product. beautiful.

levi's hair is sticking up with static. hahaha.

the cards. the dragon on the left has abe's and levi's finger painted hand prints for flames.

making papa's father's day present, olives, and cherries.

saturday, june 19, 2010.

threading beads.

each color bead has several different shapes to choose from. levi only wanted to have the same shape.

they were both really into it:)

levi super excited to find the right kind.

searching.

threading.

funny face.

from below. such concentration.

abe's strand only ended up using 2 different kinds where one is just a little fatter than the other. there are like 6 to choose from i think.

levi's strand half way there. looks like candy.

cheese.

all done with PART ONE. we added an initial bead for each so we knew whose was whose.

dinner=mexi pizza, but the boys were way more into the olives.

one for each thumb and one for the mouth.

making alien fingers.

chipmonk cheeks, storing olives.

fresh cherries. i had to cut the pits out for abe. levi didn't like them.

here we go with round 2.

we needed 4 strands all together.

this time they used different beads.

such dexterity.

levi chose to use all the same kind of bead again, though different from his 1st one.

all done! can't wait till papa sees what all this hard work turns into!!!

prezzie time.

saturday, june 12, 2010. abraham got to open all his presents. he's really good at ripping off wrapping paper and digging out tissue paper and presents from bags. he got lots of great toys, books, games, and gift money!!! these pics are all from various times in the night. he opened some. played. then would open more. i love the 2nd to last photo of abraham, levi, emma, jack, and anderson. we have such a great neighborhood!!!

the birthday boy!

grandpa and grandma's presents.

he got an aquadoodle for the grannyvan because the older boys already have one. and a tonka race track.

lity got a present form the batt's too.

yay! we LOVE moon sand!

on your marks.

i would go out and mingle and come back in every once in a while only to find abe still playing with this toy:)

then i came in another time and levi was playing with it. i love the wet foot prints. it's after 9:00 pm and levi is still swimming!

opening emma's present. she made abe a card and drew him a sports themed picture.

the present is a BIG as abe. hahaha.

emma helping abe read the card first.

oh boy. tow mater's lego yard!

mesmirized by the circles on the bag.

wish i had a better pictur, but this is a super cute collapsible dragon bin and gift card to barnes and noble. SWEET!

we love tissue paper.

matching textures and colors puzzle.

more tissue:)

oh yay. curious george 2 dvd!

three crazy fun books that pull, lift, twist.

levi getting in on the action. one of many cards.

emma and her favors.

one of my favorite pics. these kiddos are so good to my kiddos!

abraham's thank you note. i used shipping labels to write the notes and stuck them to the back of my favorite photo from the party. thanks maaa...for the great picture!

i know it's weird, but i always take a picture of presents grouped together. i do it at christmas a birthdays for both levi and abraham.