Thanksgiving

We had a pretty good Thanksgiving week. My brother & his wife were in town so it was fun to get to spend some time with them. They were even brave enough to go to the zoo with us! We were able to spend Thanksgiving day at my parents' house with my brother, his wife, John's parents & a family that my parents are friends with. It was so nice out & the boys really enjoyed playing outside most of the day. I didn't even remember to take my camera, so I attempted pictures at home that evening. They were wearing matching outfits that I made and/or appliqued for them.

This was the better shot of Joshua....

....and this was the better shot of Timothy.

Timothy was done!

We put up the trees the day after Thanksgiving & Timothy was in love with them. This was while I was trying to decorate the tree downstairs. See him reaching for an ornament. All day he walked around saying "ball, ball, ball" except he is a bit southern so it sounds more like "baaaaalll". Please take note of how many ornaments are on the floor!

Caught in the act! He has gotten slightly better at leaving them alone but I still find myself re-decorating the tree daily. Good thing I enjoy it!

Bubbles

We loved all of the warm weather right around Thanksgiving. The boys LOVE going outside even though the yard is small! Bubbles are still a favorite for Joshua.

This was Timothy's first time to play in the bubbles outside. He seemed to like them too.

An airplane flew overhead while we were out there...he also really liked that.

Hilarious that he just laid down in the grass with all of the bubbles.

Best attempt at a picture together. Neither of them can sit still. I think Timothy was trying to pop that bubble with his nose...or maybe eat it!

Family Pictures

I thought I had already posted some of these but I guess I forgot :) We had these taken in October. Joshua was, shall we say, less than cooperative but they still turned out well.

More Appliques!

Here are a few things I have been working on!

This didn't turn out quite as well as I would have liked. I did a few things differently, so I have to go back & figure out what went wrong! But, it turned out ok...especially since he will only wear it once or twice. I wanted a white shirt but couldn't find on in his size. At least this color won't show stains as badly!

How cute is this little guy?? My friend actually did this applique on her machine to show me how to do it. I made the outfit though :) It is the Johnny pattern by Children's Corner. Glad I finally got it all put together so he could wear it before fall is over!

I'm not sure why this one turned sideways...oh well. I just wanted to try out a simple design on a onesie for Timothy. I just needed to practice. I think this one turned out really cute!

Halloween Part 2

Here are Timothy's pictures. He wore his pumpkin costume from last year. It was way too big last year but fit great this year! Too bad I forgot to get a full body shot!

Halloween

As you read in my previous post, the boys were sick the entire week before Halloween. We had planned to go to Boo at the Zoo on Joshua's birthday, but they were feeling so bad that we decided not to. They both seemed to be feeling better on Halloween, despite Timothy's double ear infection (he got an antibiotic injection that morning), so we went to the zoo that night for trick or treating. It was pretty fun...we just rode the train & carousel and did a little trick or treating. Both boys were pretty tired so we left after about an hour.

Joshua as Batman. I tried the costume on a couple of hours before we left & he was crying the whole time. I pulled out his Charlie Brown costume from last year, in case we couldn't get this one back on him! He put the costume on with no problem when we told him we were going to the zoo to ride the train if he would wear it :)

I am going to post Timothy's pictures in a separate post. I had posted them all yesterday but they didn't show up. Timothy's pics are cropped so I have to go through Picasa. Maybe it will upload them today!

5th Birthday!

The week before Joshua's birthday was pretty rough for us this year. That Tuesday, the nurse from his preschool called me to come pick him up early because he had a low fever & chills. He was acting fine when I got there, but a few hours later he was starting to really act like he didn't feel good. Timothy woke up with a fever a couple of hours after bedtime. By the morning, Joshua had a temp of 104 & Timothy's was 101. So, off to the doctor. I was afraid it was the flu....it had only been a week since they had gotten their flu shots. Luckily, it wasn't the flu, but they were still pretty sick. They both ran fevers for 6 days! Needless to say, neither of them were feeling really good on Joshua's birthday, but we celebrated with the grandparents anyway. Joshua spent most of the time going from one grandparent to the next & sitting in their lap hugging them. Timothy didn't want anything to do with any one except me & John. We were back at the doctor the next day for Joshua's 5 year check up & the doctor checked Timothy while we were there - he had a terrible ear infection in both ears! Both are doing much better now...just still dealing with coughing. So, I didn't get too many pictures this year, since the birthday boy was so pitiful!


I baked a gluten free chocolate chip cookie cake. Surprisingly, it didn't taste like most gluten free cookies that we have tried. Joshua didn't want any of the frosting on his though! I made a second one & sent to school for his party there.

Another Pumpkin Patch

My mom & I took the boys to the pumpkin patch that we have gone to every year in the past. We went on a Monday morning & it was perfect! There were only a few people there. Joshua wasn't very cooperative, but he ended up getting sick the next day, so I'm thinking he just wasn't feeling well & couldn't tell me. Timothy loved all of the pumpkins, as you can see!

I was trying to get a picture of Joshua. Right as I took this one, he fell off of the haybale he was standing on! Sadly, this was the best close up I got of him!

We have always taken Joshua's picture on this bench.....it didn't happen this year, but Timothy let me get his.

This was Joshua's favorite place. I think he jumped for 45 minutes - maybe longer!

Cutie

Look who learned how to climb into his toy bins! Such a little cutie!!