HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

It's feeling a lot like winter today...it's only 63....BURRRR!!! Although, it is supposed to be back to the high 80's next week, so we won't get too used to it...yet.
Halloween is all a buzz here. The house is all decorated, and the costumes are picked out. Eli's going to be "Jason"(scary), Gregory will be a Star Wars Clone Trooper, Nathan's going as a Knight in Shining Armor, and Jacob's going to be a little Elmo. They're all very excited! We're having a pizza /pumpkin carving night on Friday. Then on Halloween, we're heading out trick-or-treating with friends and family; it's going to be a spookely fun weekend!!

COLD & FLU BUGS....OH MY GOODNESS!!

Today was our first day of Fall break. Last night, I had told the boys, we won't set the alarm, and we'll try to sleep in. Well, come 4:30am, Jacob woke up warm, screaming, and grabbing his ears. I knew it was an ear infection. The poor little guy cried from 4:30-7:30am, and I was able to get him to the Dr.'s at 10:40....sure enough, he has a double ear infection. Meanwhile, after one unsuccessful dose of meds making him sick, tonight, he was able to keep it down, so hopefully, he'll be on the road to recovery!
The Dr.'s office was packed with sick kids, people were even waiting in the hall! The Dr. said, thus far, between the regular flu, and the swine flu, this is the worst flu season he has ever seen.
It's only October, this is just the start!! So, bring on the vitamens and anti bacterial hand gel!!

IT'S TIME TO CATCH UP.....and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

September continued to be a pretty hot month, so we were able to enjoy a lot of water play days. Both Eli and Gregory started their Religious Ed classes at church; Eli's in the junior high class(EDGE), and Gregory's in the 2nd grade class, and will be making his 1st Reconciliation in Dec.(exciting)! The boys continued to get used to their teachers, and are enjoying school. Nathan has been doing a home preschool program with me, and Jacob is talking up a storm(too cute)! We enjoyed the school Fall festival, and Eli went to his first school dance! He said it was awesome, and one of the teachers said he was a dance machine:) All is good!
Finally we can say....Fall has arrived...YEAH!! It's been chilly at night and in the morning, and the afternoon weather has been in the mid 80's..perfect!! Which also means, ELI TURNED 12 YEARS OLD!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELI!! I can not believe he is already 12, time flies!! He is such a special boy, we are so very proud of him! He had a slumber party...they rode skate boards in the cul-de-sac, played football, hit at a pinata, h20 balloons, sprayed silly string, rocked out to Guitar Hero,watched movies, and ate a ton of really yummy food!! He had 4 friends spend the night, and they all had a blast!!
Now we're thinking, HALLOWEEN!! Dave went in the attic tonight to bring out the decorations, and I can't wait to get them all up! The boys know what they're going to be, but that will be revieled in a later blog....