Dadadadadadada

Everyone seems to think that I can't do anything but babble, but I've been trying to tell my mommies all along that I really wanted to go see the Dada exhibit. I'm not sure why it took them so long, but they finally managed to catch on. So, last Friday we headed off to the National Gallery of Art for a bit of culture. I liked the flickering film images the best, but there was a pretty nifty spiralling fan type object that also caught my attention. And the program was really, really fun to play with--they had me in mind when they made it red and white!







I look so little next to this big, hanging revision of the Mona Lisa by Duchamp...and her hands look so gigantic next to us!

Oi!

Here I am in my new Brazil outfit with two of my favorite Brazilians. I put on my new outfit to send my Mimi Marina off to Brazil, where my Tia TJ will soon go to meet her. Of course, I am also half Brazilian, and Tio Julio and Mommy went to the Brazilian embassy this week to make sure they know. I am officially a Brazilian citizen until my 18th birthday, then I get to choose whether I want to continue to be a Brazilian citizen. I think I will -- I like the colors green and yellow -- my nursery walls are painted those colors.

I'm a shrimp

I'm officially a shrimp -- I took my first swimming "shrimp" class last Saturday at the Y.


The water was a little cold, but I got to play with a blue boat and a big yellow thing called a noodle.

I was only skeptical when my moms followed the instructor's directions and put my face in the water. Why would anyone want to do that? Especially when there is a yummy blue boat to chew on.


The best part was I got to wear my new cute swimming trunks.


Here's me in action...

I love baths!

One of my favorite things to do is take a nice, long bath with lots of toys. I especially love my ducks. I have several, including a very small orange one, a medium size yellow one that tells my moms when the water is too hot, and a large yellow one that lists to one side when it floats.

Sometimes I'm not ready to get out of the tub when my mama takes me out, so I hold onto my bath seat with both hands and stick my legs out very straight. This makes it very hard for her to get me out. When she finally does, I cry because I want to go back in the bath. She tells me that I just have to wait until tomorrow night.


And of course, there needs to be a video...

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Round and Round

Yesterday was beautiful in the National Capital. Sunny, blue skies, and a balmy temperature. So I got to go play down on the Mall with my Mommies! First they took me to some thing at this big round museum (the Hirschorn) called Task. It seemed like lots of people running around doing funny things. Like large groups of people running with scissors while yelling "Don't run with scissors." (My mommies said that I'm not allowed to do this.) And then there was something that Mama Melissa called a Maypole. There was also a sketch artist and a plan to shoot rubber bands at a ladder. Seemed kind of funny...but I always love to see lots of people doing lots of things. And I got to eat bananas while I was there which made it even better!


After watching for a while we got to go over to a merry-go-round! I wasn't sure what exactly was going to happen. I mean, I can't sit up on a plastic horse all by myself...but then Mommy Mindy took me and sat on the horse with me. And I got to go up and down and round and round while Mama Melissa watched (and even made a video). What fun!!

When I'm Not On The Swings I'm Socializing

Okay, so swings might be close to my favorite thing...but hanging out with my buddies is even better. And I've gotten to do a lot of that lately!!

Let me start with some unexpected socializing. My Mommy Mindy, my elf Diana, and I all went out to see the bluebells in bloom on April 11 (I know, I know...I've been slow with the photos). But who did we run into along the way? Mommy Mindy's friend she hasn't seen in years, Jame! And she, of course, was very happy to meet me.





But, we did have a little bit of trouble on our way home. Some plastic splash guard under the car partly fell off and dragged on the pavement...while we were driving on I-66! Elf Diana was very ingenious and figured out how to rig it up--at least until we could get home--with a piece of an umbrella, a camera case strap, and some dental floss. Yes, dental floss. The only really frustrating part was that she and Mommy Mindy made me stay trapped in my car seat in the car while they got to do everything fun. I screamed a lot, but they still wouldn't let me out. I could have helped too--I like to play with bits of plastic and camera straps!

But fortunately I've had a lot of fun getting to play with Aunt Heather (visiting from Seattle again...just to see me, of course, even though she pretends to be working), Aunt Monica (visiting from Toronto), my buddy Naveh, and my buddy Alex. This is the life!

News Flash....I'm Gonna Have Teeth!

Breaking News....
My mommies felt a little tiny sharp point poking out of my lower gum this morning. I think this means I'm gonna have teeth! Can't see much yet...but it's definitely sharp. Yippee!

Mama Melissa seems worried....something about me biting her. I thought she was supposed to be happy about my developmental milestones. Go figure.

Swinging!

If you've been wondering where I've been, I've been swinging! All over Takoma Park, I love the swings.




Here I am swinging with my friend Xan and his Dad Jeff.


I love it when Mama pushes me fast!

I can't wait until Bubby comes so I can swing with her!

And a fun video so you can see me in action!

And my mommies think I'm silly?!?

Okay, so I may think a game of peekaboo is fun...


But look what THEY do!! I mean, don't they belong to a gym or something?!?

(video with me, mommy mindy, mommy melissa,
and elf diana at the cherry blossoms)

Don't Bother Me, I'm Working...

All About My Birthday

Thanks to Liza for this fun little Wikipedia game...

The goal is to come up with three events, two births, and one death that happened on your birthday. So here goes for August 31...

3 Events

• 1864 - American Civil War: Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.
• 1886 - Earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina
• 1897 - Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.

2 Births (I guess I can't just use my own...)

• 1935 - Eldridge Cleaver, American political activist (d. 1998)
• 1949 - Richard Gere, American actor

1 Death

• 1997 - Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in Paris.

Have I Mentioned I'm An Extrovert?

I've had such a good time hangin' out with all my buddies recently that I haven't even had time to post the photos!! So here goes...

First I got to play to play with Aunt Stacey a couple of weekends ago. Stacey's the most fun...I think she might even have a smile bigger than mine!



Then I got to play with my elf. And she wore my hat and I wore hers! Hats are the funniest--they make people's heads look so silly. I hate wearing hats...but I love to laugh when others do.











Last weekend Aunt Heather came to town, and as always, we had a blast. I have to say that Heather did upstage me as the center of attention when she drove the red car over the stone wall by the driveway. Mama Melissa used all her physics skills, two jacks, some boards, and a LOT of determination to solve that problem!














After Heather left, Diana, Mary, Robin and I got to hang out and enjoy the beautiful sunny day. Okay, well maybe they enjoyed the day...but I really enjoyed my little nap!








And I've gotten to go to AU lots and lots recently. I think it has something to do with Mommy Mindy having agreed to go back on a part-time basis to help out with some awards ceremony. Whatever...I love it because it means that I get to hang out with my buddies, like Frances and Matt! And run into Aunt Heidi walking across campus. What more could I want?

do these diapers make my butt look cute?

My mommies decided to try the new g-diapers. They are supposedly a cross between cloth and disposables, and better for the environment. I have two covers -- red and orange, my favorite colors! What do you think -- doesn't my butt look cute in the g-diaper?

Cherry Blossoms

I went down to the tidal basin this week. Not just once, not just twice, but three times!! Okay, so I slept through the visit one time, but I had lots of fun on the other days. The cherry blossoms were beautiful!


Mommy Mindy kept trying to tell me to be gentle, but they were so pretty that I just wanted to grab them.

My favorite day was when I got to go down to the cherry blossoms with my mommies and my elf, Diana. The sun was shining and the weather was perfect--it's days like that that make me love being in Washington!

Go Badgers!

I love my Wisconsin outfit from Aunts Kim and Peg. You can't see them, but I also have red monkey shoes to go with the red sweatsuit. OK, Badgers, you better give me something to cheer about pretty soon!







Also, you can see that I'm enjoying my new alphabet/number play mat. I can roll over both ways now, so I needed something soft to cushion me when I'm on the floor playing with my toys. Here's me with one of my favorite blocks.

Congratulations Christa!!!

Christa got a tenure track job at Wooster College in Ohio! And, I'm not really sure how I'm supposed to be feeling about this. I mean, my mommies seem really happy and excited for her. But I don't want her and B to go so far away! How are they supposed to play with me? Can't you see how much fun I had when I got to have breakfast with Christa last Tuesday? (Oh...and don't forget to notice how cute I am in my little fox shirt!)

Bicycle, bicycle, I want to ride...

I love to ride behind Mama's bicycle. I only complain when we stop. I love especially riding with the "That's how we roll" group -- we have a great time. We started at Proteus, my favorite bicycle shop with my favorite bicycle shop owner, Jill. We rode all the way to the Bladensburg marina and back. I loved going fast, especially, and I really enjoyed brunch afterwards at the College Perk. Can't wait to go again!

Small, Medium, and Large

So I went over to my buddy Alex's house, and there was another baby there, Andrew. We had lots of fun playing together with Alex's toys! The funny thing is that we are all very different sizes, and Andrew, the youngest, was the biggest! Alex, who is older than me by three days was the smallest, and I was right in the middle.

Evil?

Okay, so normally this blog is all about me...but for a moment I thought I would post the results of a little blog quiz that my Mommy Mindy came across and took. Look below to find how evil she is. I dare you to find out how evil you are...

I, of course, am completely pure. Yep, pure Levi, that's me!

You Are 24% Evil

A bit of evil lurks in your heart, but you hide it well. In some ways, you are the most dangerous kind of evil.

How Evil Are You?

Spring!

Can you believe it? It was over 80 degrees today -- spring is here! I like spring. Today my mommies took me to Georgetown to have lunch with one of their friends and my new buddy Ezra. We bonded over our Old Testament names. We all sat outside and ate -- I had peas. Unfortunately Ezra and I couldn't play, because he slept most of the time. I, of course, did not sleep at all. I did wear my very fun sun hat, though.

Cause for celebration

Mama Melissa is very happy today because she can finally fit into her favorite Lucky jeans. Somehow, it's my fault that she couldn't wear them for over a year. I'm not sure why, but I'm glad everything is fixed now. I can't get attached to any of my clothes because I outgrow them in a few weeks, although I'm quite fond of my one-piece orange jumpsuit that makes me look like an orange gnome (no, not like a prison inmate).

More photos on Kodak Gallery

Finally I had a few moments to put blog photos into the Kodak Gallery. There's a new album with all the photos since the last time I created a photo album. Go nuts...wallpaper your house with me, me, me....or just put one or two up on your refrigerator.

OW!

I got shots today -- I hate them! Why, why, why do they need to stick me with needles every time I go to the pediatrician? It even makes my mommies sad. But they were happy to finally get some medicine for my skin, which itches all the time. The doctor says I have eczema, which sounds like a word I will get wrong on a future spelling test. I'm not sure which is worse, the medicine or the itching.

For those of you keeping score at home, I now weigh 19 pounds 15 ounces (88%), am 27 1/2 inches long (85%) and have a head circumferance of 45 cm (83%). I'm still a big guy!