Wednesday, October 7, 2009

randomness

i'm watching house hunters on hgtv.
a couple just bought a 7500 square foot home with 6 bedrooms and 7 baths.
they are complaining that just don't have an office or workout room.
they only have two children. what the crap?
is it just me or is that bordering on pathetic?
what is wrong with people these days?!
yuck.
ugh.
sigh.

ok, moving on...
josh has been at it again.
more and more drawings.
{are you sick of them yet?}





i think they are awesome.
and they make me feel so proud of him.
granted they are mostly chock full of knives and guns and a few bleeding pirate-like half-aliens.
but still, so very proud of him. :)

tomorrow is uncle jay's birthday.
be sure and pinch him, oh, about, 34 times!

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

halloween decorations

i'm still trying to think of some neat and cheap halloween decorations.
josh will tell you--halloween's in only 25 days!
yikes!

i'm drooling over these pretty pictures.







surprise! they all came from good housekeeping magazine.
click here for how-to's and more info.

i'm loving the spray painted sticks and flowers and that ivy.
that and the skeleton carved pumpkin. now that is cute.

i think i'll be making another trip to the dollar tree tomorrow...

Monday, October 5, 2009

can you say DRAMA??

say it with me...







D-R-A-M-A!
drama
drama
drama

this girl cracks me up.

but i think she's going to be mad at me for posting these when she gets older and tries getting a date.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

buddy walk 2009

our saturday was packed.
community yard sales, buddy walk, josh's football game, penn state football game.

lucky for us, julie and uncle jay decided to come along and give us a hand with the mayhem.

the buddy walk was just wonderful.
nothing else to say about it really.


our little down syndrome group here, Bringing Up Down Syndrome (BUDS), just rocks.
it was held in our city's minor league baseball team's stadium again this year.


there was lots for the kids to do, games and activities, tons of freebies and goodie bags, and lunch donated by honey baked ham. YUM.


oh, and the auction, how could i forget the auction.
our small entourage took home about 1/2 of the stuff. it was actually embarrassing. we just kept winning! :)


we were just so busy the entire time, john only managed to snap a few pics.
ironically, i didn't touch the camera even once. that's a first!

i'm a little bummed that we didn't get a family pic. but at least we have the memories. thanks to everyone who came out and participated for our children.

later on, josh did pretty good at his game. we arrived late and he had to jump right in--after playing in the sun for hours at the buddy walk!
he managed to score one touchdown and almost had another but ran out of bounds at the 5 yard line.
still so glad he didn't do the touchdown dance uncle jay taught him. that fresh thing!

it was so good to see julie again. it's been too long and we've all missed her so much. what a brave soul to spend the day with us.
we almost convinced her to babysit for us too! i'll have to keep working on that one.
especially since we must have ran uncle jay off. didn't hear from him all day today--he's probably still beat from chasing after ben all afternoon!

well, not much to say tonight. still tired from such a busy day on saturday and a rainy blah day today.
hoping for a little sunshine tomorrow to help get me moving!

Friday, October 2, 2009

team!

i know this isn't a new story.
but who doesn't love watching kids' dreams come true?



AWESOME.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

a snapshot

a few snapshots of our day at home, taking care of anna.


lots of drawing with scented markers, chicken noodle soup and ginger ale.


lots of snuggling on the couch, cuddling with soft, worn-in stuffed animals, visits from spongebob and squidward.


later on in the afternoon, a few snapshots of the boys.
josh showing john a preview of the new star wars game coming out (he's so great at using a computer already!),


and ben made some new friends--the wonder pets.


my favorite part of the day was seeing ben's teeny tiny little hiney crack peeking out the top of his pajamas.


have you ever seen a cuter crack? well, i guess most people wouldn't think of a hiney crack as cute. whatever. :)
it was so nice to be home with my little family.