Happenings

Last night about 9:30 Brandon was crying about an ear ache and I heard Micah give that raspy barky cough that never fails to send bone chilling shivers down my whole skeleton.  Needless to say I've been praying protection around Lisa and Brandon against croup and healing for Micah without hospitalization.  Thankfully he slept well last night but is coughing more today.   Pretty sure he'll be on the neb this afternoon a couple times.

In other news, here are some pictures of what's been happening around here lately:

Brandon has been off school since last Thursday for teacher's convention and curriculum day.  He missed it so much he coerced his brother into playing school with him.  Here Micah is taking a turn being the teacher and Brandon is having "snack" time.  ;)

The boys love taking turns holding Lisa and playing with her.  So precious to see them growing closer together as siblings.

Lisa has had some big changes.  She moved into the crib in the boy's room this week (and was promptly moved back out last night after I heard Micah's cough).  She's also loving the jumper!  This week she will be starting on solids too.  Growing up way too fast!

Saturday Bryan helped the boys carve pumpkins.  We didn't say anything about it but Brandon asked to carve one (must have heard about it at school or something).

And finally, Miss Lisa is four months old this week!  Where has the time gone?

I thought it would be fun to compare her poof pictures:

2 weeks

1 month

2 months

3 months

 4 months

She's also almost sitting up on her own already!

Blessings on the rest of your week.

Field Trip: Stoney Ridge

Last week Friday was Brandon's first field trip.  They went to Stoney Ridge Farms which is a pumpkin/apple farm.  They have people there who give school tours to explain how apples are grown and the importance of farms.

I took Micah along and was an adult "helper" and Lisa got to spend her first time at Grandma's house. 

Debbie is an excellent teacher.  Brandon couldn't remember anything she taught when we got home, but looking at the pictures now he could tell me everything she said.

The corn maze was Brandon's favorite part of the whole afternoon.

Micah looked kind of dazed and confused all afternoon.  ;)

The animals were Micah's favorite part.

Brandon's class.
Weston (boy on the far left standing up) and James B (black American in the front row) are the boys he talks about playing with the most.  Mrs. Corkill (his teacher) is on the far right and Mrs. Bosman (teacher's aid) is on the far left.

It was a delightful afternoon of playing with my boys!

Blessings

Going Way Back--Brandon's Birthday Party

Yep, still working through my pile up of pictures, but I'm almost through.  At the beginning of September we had Brandon's friends over for a birthday party.  It was a gorgeous day.  I had planned games that could be either inside or out because the weather was supposed to be rainy, but God blessed us with some beautiful sunshine so we were able to stay outside for the majority of the time.

The scavenger hunt at the end was the biggest hit of the day I think.  Unfortunately I was too busy following kids around to take any pictures and I forgot to ask the other three adults to take them too.  Oops.

Blessings

Children's Moments: Random Pictures

Here are two random pictures in the midst of a variety of other events:

Lisa discovered her hands!  It's fun to watch her play with them.

My Northwest son had no care for the rain or cold.  He just wanted to play in the dirt...

Blessings

Brandon's 6th Birthday!

Did we ever celebrate Brandon turning 6!  It was a big year for him.  His first day of Kindergarten was on his birthday and he was a pretty excited little boy.

We had the family over for cake and ice cream the next day to continue celebrating.

 

 

His second day of kindergarten he rode the bus for the first time.  He only has about a 30 minute ride in the morning, but he is on the bus for an hour in the afternoon.  He hasn't complained about it yet, so I'm not saying anything about it at this point.

Playing with his new excavator.

A week and a half later we had a birthday party with his friends.  Haven't gotten to those pictures yet, but they're coming soon.

Blessings

Summer Salem Part 2

Friday the kids were really tired of running around so we made one quick trip to pick out Micah's fabric for his quilt and then were back at the house for nap time and swimming in the afternoon.  That evening we went to pick Bumpa up from the airport too.

Saturday was a hang-out day.  Lisa and I went back to get some more fabric and the boys hung out with Bumpa and Uncle Andrew.  In the afternoon the other three were back and we spent the afternoon enjoying some pool time.

All five boys studiously watching Howard the "cleaning machine" at work.

Sunday morning, since it was the week of his birthday, Brandon opened his present from Uncle Andrew and Auntie Cheryl.  He was pretty excited about it and held/looked at it a good portion of the drive home that day.

A quick family picture before we loaded up the kiddos and headed for home and the others headed for church.

On Monday Brandon put his new lego set together, first one he did completely on his own (with one or two "help" times from me) and he did it in a total of about an hour and a half!

Blessings