Visiting Jeremiah

When I received an email 4 weeks ago from Connie depicting Jeremiah's recent baby adventures, below the handsome chubby face was a little sentence that caught my eye: conference in South Carolina, looking for someone to watch Jeremiah, any takers? Sounded like fun; we have only seen Jeremiah a handful of times over the course of his young life. What better opportunity to (ruin) enjoy him as his parents would be gone all day? Well, in typical family style...there ended up 12 of us traveling north hang out with this little cutie.
What a fun weekend it was. Our rental house was in a campground, so we had plenty to keep entertained. With swimming (indoor), video games, putt putt golf, tootling around in golf carts and playgrounds, it was non stop fun for all. The only thing I didn't get to do was play a round of cards with the big folks; by nightfall we all crashed. And as for Jeremiah and his parents, I'm sure they will ask us to come again, that is if he needs a sitter when he's 15;)

Cows Moo Eight Times for Celebration

We love the Chick-a-Way cows. So it's no surprise that we spent another birthday with those famous poor spelling bovines. It was a surprise for Bryce though-we had his favorite friends waiting for him when we got there. Thank goodness Bryce is fairly oblivious; time after time another sibling would almost drop the news. This is the last time I will plan an event as a surprise!
PS to my friend...sorry I sent you to the wrong restaurant!!

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Super Mario Brothers

Anyone who hangs out with Bryce any length of time is subjected to intense conversation about his favorite pastime...playing the Wii. Currently his favorite characters are the classics; Mario and Luigi. So when the subject came about what each wanted to dress up for the Halloween season, guess what Bryce wanted to be? Aidan of course, followed suit. I kinda figured Bryce would be Mario as he was the leader, but he chose Luigi - (Bryce was playing by rules, both he and Luigi are the taller of the two). So this afternoon in typical last minute fashion-in my defense the boys only informed me last night they wanted to be these characters, I headed to Goodwill to see if I could find some overalls. Happily I left with 2 pair in the right sizes and colors - Luigi overalls are dark blue; Mario's are a lighter blue. T-shirts were dug out of closet and hats were hastily made from old Christmas tree skirts and past costumes. A little face paint, and TADA...Mario and Luigi were standing before me!
Tonight was the fall festival at the park. We met up with cousin Spider-Man Sara, and some friends Batman and the Queen of hearts from Alice in Wonderland. Thanks to Aunt Michelle and Mrs. Johanna, Shelby was able to dress up as a veterinarian.
We enjoyed all the fun a fall festival offers; games, bounce houses, and a costume contest. When Aidan and Bryce's age group rolled around, I sent the boys over to enter. Bryce came back before it started as he didn't want to participate. I pushed him back in to stand with his brother and cousin. There were about 45 kids in all. Each child was brought to the front in turn, most smiled-some twirled or waved and then headed back to their spot. Then came Bryce's turn. All of the sudden he comes to life and jumps to the front in what I'm guessing is a Super Luigi pose, closely resembling the infamous stayin' alive scene. From there he strikes a couple more poses-and Aidan jumps in beside him to mimic Bryce. They spend a few more seconds posing together and finish off their show back to back. It was as if they had practiced it! In the end the two of them won the funniest award together. If I had any idea Bryce would perform I would have had video on-at least Aunt Michelle got some decent shots. Thanks to all for hanging out with us!

Argh, mateys!

Uncle Kevin finally caved. For the first time in his 3 1/2 yrs, Gage came to visit WITHOUT his parents in tow. And aside from the fact that Aunt Kate has no juice (or sandwiches) I think he is enjoying himself. He did ask for daddy last night, and once for mommy today (when I told him I had no juice), but usually he's been content to do whatever "cousins" do. Since Gage is such a big pirate fan, we dug out some pirate and knight costumes for all to dress up in. And to round up the night what else is there to watch but Pirates! Don't worry Uncle Kevin, we promise not to throw your boy off the monkey bars. He will be back home before you know it!

Celebrating his 5th birthday!

Happy birthday Aidan! Your (usually) smiling face and silly sense of humor keep all of us entertained. Especially your banana peel joke which you love to share at any moment! Love, mom and dad

Dear Aunt Tanny and Unca Jack!

We got your card today-thank you! Love, the little people
Ps-Aidan's get well card cracked him up...he's carried it around for days! (the non-smile now is because I'm making him stay outside!)

Bet ya thought we went home??!

Haha, fooled you! We are still hanging out at the hospital. Dr. came In a little while ago and although she is better, she wanted to monitor how the change of medicine will affect her. So, at this point, it might be Saturday before we go home. Still, she's keeping busy. Back to school backpacks were handed out along with some fun crafts. Now that she's allowed to wander the hall she spends most of the day in the playroom. Dog therapy came by amd she has had some wonderful friends drop in. If we could only sneak the dog in she might not go home:)