Our Halloween tradition, hanging out with Kim! 

Happy Halloween!!!!

Lucy is trying out the fun dip she got at school. They have already filled my biggest mixing bowl with candy and they still want to go trick-or-treating tonight. Yeah for sugar! :/

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Lucy and Aunt Karen are reading every book in Gandma's house. :)

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Boo!

Lucy's art project from school today. I love it! The kids all made whatever creature they wanted to, I saw a bunch of leaf monsters which were cute, but Lucy's is so sweet!

Good grief!

There is some serious goofiness going on around here this afternoon!

Knock Knock

Lucy just made up a hilarious joke!
Knock knock
Who's there?
Witch
Witch who?
Witcha doing?

She also made up a nonsensical pumpkin one, but the witch one rocks!

P.s. An update on the sicko: Freddy is totally miserable because he has a double ear infection. I don't think the one he had two weeks ago cleared up and it came back with a vengeance! He is on antibiotics for the next 20 days! That is going to be tough on my brain to remember for that long.

Also, Henry's scalp has been a mess so I had him checked out yesterday too. He figured out how to itch his head and was scraping it up. He has run of the mill dermatitis so he got a prescription for hydro cortisone cream. He probably got the dermatitis from the dandruff shampoo we were using on his head to clear up his really bad case of cradle cap. Getting rid of one problem caused a new problem. :/ The cream seems to be working already though.

The big boy isn't feeling so hot today. He is going to the doctor at 2:30, I suspect his ear infection is back.  :(

They even got to go on an airplane!! A very kind pilot from Jet Blue talked to them and let them go on board his plane for a very quick look around.   We also got to go in the room where they monitor all of the cameras at the airport. I was surprised they took us in there. It was more cool for the adults than the kids though. 

Henry went with us and happily rode around in the wrap. Freddy stayed with Oma and Grandpa, they started getting the Christmas train out. 

Another field trip and another friend. This is Emma and they are at the airport. 

By some weird coincidence Julie and I both made the same type of baby carrying wrap a couple of weeks ago. So here is a picture of how you use it with a sleeping infant. His head is tucked under one side so it doesn't bounce around while he is sleeping. It is very snuggly and comfy for me because his weight is spread across my whole back. 
Now I have to go play trick-or-treat with Lucy and Freddy. We are pretending each room is a different house and taking turns giving out and getting candy. I am craving some chocolate now. ;)

Um yeah, Henry IS on the table. Where do you keep your baby? :D 

One man's trash is another's treasure. Lucy used   these empty yogurt and frosting containers, some paper scraps and some fabric scraps and she made goldfish in their own tanks. 
Sometimes I hate the mess they make but this is why I keep lots of different craft supplies out for them to use as they please. These fish might be favorite project that Lucy has come up with!

This was all I was able to get done for KCWC. I got all the pieces for Freddy's dino tail cut out. Guess what he is going to be for Halloween. 

A third post for today. I thought you might like to see Henry in "action". :)

Today we went on a field trip to the NYS Transportation Museum. If you a train lover in your family I highly recomend it. We got to ride a real electric trolley and go inside of a few different kinds of train cars. This is Lucy and her friend Madison sitting on the running boards of an antique truck. They are two very cute girls!

This morning the kids begged to play play-doh. Here are 2 of their creations. On the left is Fred's camel, it has humps and lots of legs. On the right is Lucy's caterpillar, all the little holes are legs. 

Day 3 project done. Super cute but too big. Better too big than too small though. :)

Here is Lucy's dress that I screwed up but then re-did. This my day 2 project for Kid's clothing week Challenge, I also worked on a birthday present for my Dad. Hopefully I will get to make something today, but it's not looking good. No one has napped or even had quiet time today, I tucked them in but they were not quiet. :/ I think I will try to think up some kind of Halloween decoration to make with them.  Wish me luck!

Freddy decided to have a picnic amd he let Lucy and Henry join him. Notice that they even got a plate for Henry, Lucy said it was okay for Henry to have the cake on the plate because it was "only pretend cake Mom!" :)

This week I am participating in the Kids Clothing Week Challenge at elsiemarley.com. To participate all you do is commit to sewing clothes for your kids and work on it for one hour a day each day this week. It's inspiration/a kick in the pants to actually accomplish something. I made Freddy these pants today. I love them because, well, first of all they were fast and, second I made them from an old Crossroads t-shirt. They have jogging Lima beans on them! :) 

I also wrecked a skirt for Lucy, but after she cried we picked out new fabric and I started over. Hopefully I can finish it up tonight!

Lucy's view of dinner at Tom Whal's last night. 

Doctor's Appointments

Yesterday Henry went for his 2 month check up. He is perfect of course! He is 24 inches long  which puts him in the 90th percentile for height! He might be the tallest kid! :)He weighed 13lbs 2oz which is 75th percentile. He is healthy but not very happy. His nose is still a bit stuffy from his cold which makes it hard for him to nurse. It is getting better though. He was super cranky yesterday after getting his shots. :(

Today we went back to the doctor so the big kids could get a couple of things checked and get their flu shots. I wanted to have Freddy's ears checked and the timing turned out to be perfect, he didn't really get the cold we all had but he does have an ear infection. First of the season, hurray! :( The only clue that something was up with him is that he hasn't been sleeping well. From now on I will remember that when he doesn't sleep well he usually has an ear infection. He was pretty mad at me for making him get a flu shot, but I will take that over having him get really sick.

Lucy needed to have something done about some warts on her fingers. One of them was very large which is why I made the appointment. She had a total of 5 warts on 3 fingers. The doctor put prescription strength stuff on them, then put a piece of medical tape over them and then strips of duct tape over that. Lucy has 3 fingers with pretty hot pink duct tape on them. :) Tomorrow we are supposed to take the tape off and they will be blistered up. Once the blisters heal we put this sticky medicated pad on it with duct tape over it. Every couple of days we are supposed to take everything off, and sand the warts with a sanding sponge from the hardware store and then put a new pad and tape back on until it is gone. She said the sanding off of the old dead stuff is an important step. Weird! It may take bribery to get this accomplished over the next few weeks. Lucy was only mildly upset about the flu shot and was quickly over it.

While we waited for Freddy's prescription to be filled we went up to play at the farm for a little bit. I posted a picture of that earlier.

 Freddy is doing great with potty training, he has had very few accidents! Lucy, of course, loves school so she is happy and doing well. Today was show and tell and they were supposed to be bring something transportation related, she brought a toy horse!  At pick-up the teacher told me they had fun discussing what animals you could and couldn't ride. :D

We are having fun around here, but I am exhausted!

A sunny fall afternoon visit to the farm. 

Lucy wanted me to take a picture of her holding hands with Henry. She was right it was super cute! 

Waiting for Sissy to get out of school. 

Aunt Jo and Krissy came too!

Aunt Cindy came to visit and meet Henry! :)

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