Hard to believe

It's hard to believe that I am now the mother of a 6 year old. Time truly has flown by and I feel at times that I haven't stopped to soak enough of it in. In any case though 6 years have gone by since Alex entered our lives...

We wanted to do something special for his birthday and he is still ADDICTED to Thomas, so what better place to go than the Day Out With Thomas. This place is like Disney for Thomas the Train lovers. He got to ride on Thomas and was so excited when we got there. He still thinks that Thomas is real and we go along with it. Thomas to him is like Santa...we are keeping the innocence there for as long as we can. Since he thinks that Thomas is real though he said that he was disappointed that Thomas did not speak to him. We had to explain that Thomas can only speak on the Island of Sodor where he is from...I don't know if he bought it or not.

So heres to 6 years and many many more. We love you Alexander and you are the best 6year old ever!

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to Alan....Thanks for being a great daddy and hubby! We love you!

Just when you thought it was over....and Halloween

So....we thought that the sickness had been passed down to Blake and then it was done...that's what we got for thinking...never do that again! :) Alex ended up getting a fever over the weekend only to go to the dr's on Monday to discover that he had strep! Lovely! So after two days at home and starting his antibiotics he went back to school today, and we started prayers that Blake will NOT catch this too from his brother. I mean really, we need to draw the line at sharing somewhere don't we? So if you are the praying kind...and I pray you are, pray for healththy kids in our house as we celebrate Alex's 6th birthday this weekend and Alans 30 something bday tomorrow.

And we have now solved the problem of what to be for Halloween. We went to Party City on Sunday and got Blake a Clone Trooper that he really wanted to be so that he could have a light saber. Let me explain that Party City on Sunday was crowded, but not insane...So then yesterday we headed out to find Alex's costume...and Party City on Tuesday, well it was insane... We were on the hunt for a scooby doo costume that wasn't $50.00...yes has anyone priced kids costumes these days? INSANE! When we got to the store he decided that he infact did not want to be scooby doo, but instead wanted to be bumblee bee the transformer...we happily went along with that since that was only $20.00! Thinking we got a huge savings! Blake then changed his mind and since his brother was a transformer he should be one too, so back went the Clone Trooper from Star Wars(what is a Clone Trooper anyway?) and he decided on optimus prime transformer. SO this year we will have two extremely cute transformers running around our neighborhood. Stay tuned for pics from this year, but in the meantime check them out form previous years!

2005

2006

2007

Lysol anyone?

Good gravy someone give me some lysol....now it's Blakes turn. Blake was sent home from preschool today with a fever of 101. Poor little guy. He came home and took a little nap and then rested on the couch. He was so cute all curled up with a blanket and a pillow...my little man looking so big on the couch. Hopefully it's a small bug like Alex had and that we have seen the worst of it already. I am going to say an extra prayer tonight for a healthy house and some relief from all the crud that's coming our way.

I shouldn't go to school today mommy...I might get sick again

I am so tired...tired of Alex not feeling well. All started 2 weeks ago now on Friday with his tooth hurting and being on antibitoics for 7 days and then having the tooth pulled last Wednesday. I send him back to school Thursday happy as a clam and Friday morning I do the same...only to get a phone call from the school nurse saying that Alex is running a fever. He never runs fevers....shouldn'y say never though I guess. VERY RARELY does he get a fever...so I pick him up and we head to the pediactricians only to have a....VIRUS....no medicines will work, only rest and cold liquids. Suprise suprise! So two ping pong sized tonsils later he is feeling better and will head back off to school tomorrow. So now in the span of less than two months my child has thrown up at school, had a toothache, and now fever....great.

He is now convinced himself that going to school will cause toothaches, headaches and throwing up. Great start to his first year if I do say so myself.

My Toothless Wonder

Wednesday Alex lost one tooth...not the natural way though, but who is counting right? I mean the tooth fairy still comes no matter what...doesn't she? He had to have a tooth pulled on Wednesday and he looks so darn cute it's not even funny. I was a little sad to see it go though...and as weird as that sounds if you are a mother you probably understand. You look at that smile for years and years and when they lose one of those teeth it forever changes what you have seen....their smile for several years. Their smile will not look the same as it did when they were just babies...sappy and sentimental I know. But gosh he looks adorable and you cant help but smile when he does now. So precious!!

Tuesday night with a full set of teeth

Wednesday afternoon