Last week Justin's brother Marcus and his wife Haley moved back to Oregon for several months, so we've been welcoming them home. We had Marcus over for dinner on Wednesday (Haley wasn't here yet), and we had a family dinner with his parents on Sunday after Haley had arrived. I made a dish my mom made for us as kids that we called Porcupines. Basically its meatballs with seasoning, onions, and rice and squished together and baked with marinara sauce. The guys loved it, and I must admit it came out really quite nice. They were even making themselves meatball sandwiches.
Thursday brought a trip to the dentist and sore mouths for me and my mom who actually had work done. We ate lunch with my uncle (who is our dentist) afterwards, but I could hardly taste anything I ate since I was still pretty numb. My parents, Justin, and I all had appointments, and the were staggered so someone was watching Levi the whole time. Justin took him to a nearby park with fountains. Levi got a little wet, but no worries, he loved it! I took him to the same park and let him play in the sand pits they had. One pit had a waterfall so the kids could build dams and such. Well needless to say Levi was covered after about five minutes in wet sand. I tried to wash him off, but in the end he got a new diaper and remained naked. He seemed fine as he slept the entire drive home (over and hour).
Saturday we went to the Benton County Fair since it was a free day for hospital employees and their families. Justin brought Marcus and Haley as his guests and I went in with my mom. They didn't have the free kid area that they have in the past, but Levi had a good time anyway. He loves the animals. He also saw the Ferris wheel they had there and begged to ride it. He could have with Justin or me, but we didn't have the money to buy tickets, so he just watched it instead. Maybe next year!
On Monday we had a birthday party for Levi's cousin Bentley. He is exactly six months older than Levi and the two are peas in a pod. Justin's sister and her family came down to swim, as well as some family from Albany, and then we had dinner and the party. It was dinosaur themed, and Levi loved all his cousin's toys that were brought. The best moment was when the two boys were eating cake and Levi would look up every now and then at Bentley and say, "Happy Birthday Bentley!" What a little sweetheart!
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I should've come out there this week and then it would be pictures of Madeline, Levi, and Bentley all playing together. They would've had a blast!
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