Wishing James a very happy Birthday!
Another year for James!
Looking forward to all the next year brings in our family.
Add comment October 28th, 2009
Archive for October, 2009
Planting
The kids & I have been spending quite a bit of time outside lately. Sunday we were outside raking and playing in the leaves, putting up the toys for the winter and moving around somethings. I almost went back in for the camera, but figured we’d have more days to play. Now I’m not so sure, with all this rain that’s here and coming yet!
Evelyn got the playing in the leaves right away without my showing her. She just started walking thru them, and that was fun so she laid down in them, and threw them up in the air at her own face, giggling. 
James, he followed her suit after a little bit of watching.
We made a leaf pile at the bottom of the swing set slide and slid down into them, giggling, then I pulled them up and out. Laughing.
The next day we were out working on the side of our garage. When we bought the house it was full of hostas. They’ve grown in the 5 years we’ve lived here and we never really liked them to begin with. THe electric company had asked to cut down a tree in our front yard that kept growing into the power lines, and they gave us a voucher for the landscaping place in return. We never quite knew what to do with it, we didn’t want another tree in the same location.
And the voucher was expiring at the end of this year. So the kids & I went looking for something to buy. Even it if was just mums.
We spent over 2 hours there, just walking around checking everything out. James tugged our wagon around and Evelyn would sometimes help push from the back, or she’d help me check out the shrubs and perennials. Touching the flowers and anything else she could get her hands on.
We picked up around 35 plants, and a bunch of bulbs, a few mums.
We dug out the hostas, they were much help, getting their hands dirty with me and trying to shovel.
The next day we planted. James again was particularly helpful, trying to dig holes with the shovel and then when he spotted me using the trowel to get one of the plants out of it’s container he picked one to try to do such to also.
Our accomplishment;
Then, they needed a bath. But they had fun.
I’ve been sewing lately. My friend Jean gave me a bunch of her scraps, and the multiples club has an event coming up that’s a fundraiser for them, that I bought a table at to sell.
Evelyn seemed to stake claim to the first one.
James is all about being on the stool at the counter lately and helping. It’s cute, but we’ve had to instill a rule of keeping it in a specific spot or he’s all over the sink playing in water or putting the stool on my toes whilst I’m cutting up dinner or whatever.
Add comment October 21st, 2009
A break
Sorry for the break in posts. Things have been so busy here! and then I lost the link to the login page to make posts. So I finally broke down and asked James to tell me it again. I don’t understand where it went, but ah well.
My friends wedding was a success. The transition of roles within my multiples club has gone smoothly also, I’m now the President and Vice President, among many other roles.
James is *so* busy at work, but that seems to be just the normal. Job security, there is always a deadline and really in this economy it’s good to know that.
We had a batch of sickies earlier this week. J&E both vomited all over momma, Evelyn twice and James once. Their first real time. James did just once before, but it was from juice. That lasted about 48 hours, but there was no more vomiting thankfully-except by mom & dad.
There is a shortage or something of Flu shots (though not sure this was flu), and the Drs aren’t expecting more till November! Plan to give J&E flu & H1N1 if the Pediatrician thinks we should. Happy James will be able to get it this year, he got sick last year when he couldn’t get it (thought he was allergic to eggs).
James’ GI Dr appointment has been moved up! Yippee.
He’ll be seeing the DR a week earlier, and a different Dr now. Which is more than fine with us, he’s suffering a bit here eating wheat. His excema is back, and the dermis that comes with eating wheat. He’s so itchy. Not to mention the diaper and abdomen bloat and discomfort he has. 
Hopefully after we see him we’ll be able to put him back on the wheat free stuff.
Tomorrow James & I celebrate 12 years of marriage! Can you believe that?
Hard to get heads around that idea.
I was gone last night for my multiples club meeting so I’m off to play with J&E whom I missed!
Add comment October 16th, 2009