a recent concert

exciting times @ our house! Cale performed in an impromtu concert for Liam, keeping him entertained while the other two boys were taking baths.
to watch the whole performance, click on the link http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/byPsJN5RhDOH6y0Wm4ZmxA?feat=directlink

breaking in the Halloween costumes

This year, I decided to go ahead and buy the boys their Halloween costumes. Thank goodness for Walmart because I didn't pay as much as I thought I would and they actually had a lot of costumes to pick from (plug for store over). Marcus and Ewan were with me and picked out their costumes and I picked out on that I thought Cale would like. We got the costumes on Friday, and they have been worn every day since then. Hoping they last until Halloween!

Cale as "Snake-Eyes"-some character from GI Joe


Marcus is a Bakugan trainer


Ewan showing off his musclesin his Iron Man costume

What's new?

Let me see...
*we sent Marcus back to school today. He ended up staying home Monday-Wednesday getting over a fever. I thought about just keeping him out the rest of the week, but I didn't want to have to get a note from the doctor. (update: He's home from school now, all sniffly and coughing and tired. I'm sure his teacher is wondering what we were doing, sending him to school. He looked much better this morning.)
*we are done with diapers for Ewan! I don't think he's worn a diaper in a week, even at night! We've only had a few wet beds which is fantastic. Since Ewan is potty-trained, he now gets to go in the "big kids" room @ the YMCA, very exciting.
*Liam is trying to sit up. He can push himself about halfway into a sitting position-so close! He's also getting the hang of sitting with the support of pillows. And, today I figured out that I had put his walker together wrong. After I turned the seat around, Liam had much better control of where he was going. :-) Still working on the cereal, trying to give it to him at least once a day.
*I got an awesome deal on children's and infant tylenol! (I only told Andy about it, like, 10 times I was so excited) Just a perk from working @ a hospital-I was able to buy them for $2.94! Talk about a great day! It does kind of make you sick, knowing how much of a mark-up there is on the drugs, though.
*I've been missing the Y this week with Marcus being sick. I can't wait to go back and start running again. I've been meeting with one of their work-out room employees to work on fitness goals. One of my goals was to get in to work out 3 days a week. Don't think I'm going to meet that goal this week.
*Ewan gets his 3 year photos taken tomorrow. Hoping that he is happy and cooperative!

movie night

Saturday night was movie night @ our house. After stimulating the economy with a successful shoe shopping trip for the boys (can we say $$$), we treated ourselves to actually purchasing a recent video release-Monsters Vs. Aliens. The boys were super-excited to watch it. After record setting bath/shower times, they settled down in front of the fireplace-which Andy turned on-to watch the video. We even had brownie snacks! There was a tense moment involving Insectasarus, but thankfully the story line was predictable enough that everything worked out like we thought it would. I think we've watched the movie every day since then, so I would say the boys give it 2 thumbs up!

Andy and Liam ready to watch-I bet Liam went to bed right after this photo was taken


The boys camped out in front of the fireplace


Even the Anna Kitty and Mr. Orange were ready to watch the movie!

sick @ home

Poor Marcus is on a temporary vaca from school. He had a temp Sunday night (101.4) that has carried through on and off all today (100.5) (Monday). I'm going to sneak a temp later on tonight before I go to bed, but I'm kind of betting he will stay home tomorrow too.

On a related note, I'm glad I got called off of work Sunday night because I don't think Andy would have taken Marcus's temp or given him anything for it. Andy just thought Marcus "felt warm" and admitted that he does not like to give the kids medicine and would rather let me do it. Andy is a great dad, but honestly, this one thing just drives me nuts! Don't worry, mommy is here to take care of you Marcus!

a baby in a bumpo

Here's the little man in his Bumpo. Doesn't look too happy does he? Truth be told, he does not care to sit in it for longer than, oh, 30 seconds-long enough to snap a few photos. And, let's be honest, Liam is working towards sitting up on his own anyway. I can put him in a tri-pod position and he doesn't faceplant onto the carpet. But, I love his look and thought you would too.

apple orchard field trip

Last Wednesday was our preschool's annual trip to Farlow's Apple Orchard. The boys like it because they are with their classes, having fun, and Andy and I like it because you can buy unpasteurized apple cider there (so good!). Each of the boys gets an apple too, which they ate in the car on the way back. Yum! (and Andy bought some Courtland apples for us-pretty good!)