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.