Summer Fun!

Big Boy Room

Joshua has been sleeping in his big boy room for a while now but we have been trying to figure out how to decorate it in a super why theme since they don't make any Super Why bedding etc. John painted the room blue a few weeks ago, and we have green sheets with a blue bedspread. Yesterday afternoon I spent almost an hour tracing the Super Why characters onto the wall so that we can paint them. I should say that John & I are not artistic (too bad my brother & his wife live so far away!), so I don't know how this painting thing will turn out. Anyway, we will have completed pictures in a few weeks! Here are the pencil drawings:

My Little Helper

Can you guess who was "helping" me unload the dishwasher today??

Graduation Gift

Bubbles are one of Joshua's favorite things! Bubble machines are great since they make tons of bubbles & you don't have to blow any of them yourself! John's parents gave Joshua a Gazillion Bubbles Typhoon for graduation. It says it makes 5000 bubbles per minute. He loves it! It came with a huge bottle of bubble solution, which Joshua carried outside as soon as I took it out of the box. We would have been out there for days to use all of that! Here are some picture of him the first time we took the new bubble machine out.

Snake Update

About a week ago, John took this picture in our backyard:



He had been seeing the snake (or snakes??) every morning & evening behind our retaining wall. After getting the above picture, I called a local snake removal service & talked with a tech who told me that they charge you the full amount even if they can't find or catch the snake. We weren't thrilled about paying that much money & still having a snake around, so we decided to look into other options. Of course, since then, we haven't seen any snakes around...thank goodness. The guy I talked to said it sounded like we had a black rat snake. He said they are shy & that our chipmunks were probably attracting them. I kept the tech's phone number, so if this thing shows up again, we may just have to give him a call!

Sewing

Here are some pictures of some sewing projects I have done over the last few months. Too bad I don't have much free time....I really love doing this! The first two were baby gifts for two of Joshua's therapists. I didn't do the appliques...I would love to get a machine & learn how though! The last is hand towels that I did for all of his teachers/therapists for end of the year gifts....he had 12 that he worked with this year! Now I am hoping to get at least one thing for our new little one made before he arrives!

Graduation

I am, as usual, a bit behind on my poor neglected blog!

A couple of weeks ago, Joshua graduated from one of the places he has been doing therapy. Below is the best family picture we could get. Since keeping up with Joshua is a full time job, we didn't get any pictures....this one was taken by John's mom. We are so proud of Joshua for the great progress he has made, and are thankful for the many therapists & teachers who have worked with him during the past two years. We are looking forward to great things as he moves on from here!