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!!