long time no blog

Wow, has it been a long time. Sorry! We've been pretty busy. Where to start.... Well, we marched in the Essex Memorial Day parade. That was a lot of fun. We marched with our church. Connor alternated between riding his bike and riding in the float. Aisling rode in the wagon, and Wyatt, of course, was in his chair. Al and I walked, and alternated between jumping on the float to help Connor off!

Yes, I am a total dork, and dress the kids in matching clothing.

We also had our annual yard sale. I wonder how a family can manage to get rid of so much stuff every single year! At the sale, Connor held a bake sale. He earned a sweet $12.00! Enough for a new transformer.

We were also able to get Aisling a new bike, which was needed, as Connor trashed the old plastic one.

I didn't know they made bikes that small!

This weekend I took Aisling to a princess party. It was a fund raiser for the American Cancer society. It was a lot of fun. In my opinion it was lacking, but Aisling had a great time. They gave the girls makeovers (Yes, my 2 year old was in makeup...) and nail polish. She also played "Ring around the rosy" with the other princesses! She also had her picture in the newspaper. Click this link to see that.

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070604/NEWS02/706040308/1007/ARCHIVE



I guess that's it for now. I really should go to bed! We are thinking about going away for the weekend, so I'll have more pictures after that!

Mother's Day

Well, I hope everyone had a great mother's day! Mine was wonderful. The kids nad Al made me a great breakfast in bed. It was a peanut butter bagel, made with my weight watcher's bagels! very thoughtful. There was also a tiny rose plant. The flowers as well as the plant were tiny. I got some great cards. Connor is getting better and better at writing my name as well as his, and Aisling got me a talking Winnie-the-Pooh card, which she signed "from the diva". Very cool! Al got me a great card as well. then, after church (and a stop at the scrapbook store!) we went out to brunch. We went to the Sheraton. We went here last year as well. It's very great. They give all the moms a flower upon their entry, and they are very polite. It was very swanky. Wyatt was away on respite, which was nice because brunch was that much easier. At the same time though, I really missed him! The kids were pretty tired and excited at brunch. (It was at 1:00 which is usually nap time). So, they got a little slap happy. You can tell by looking at Connor what we had for dessert! It was a really great time.

(chocolate cake)

Poor baby

Well, in five years of parenting, we have our first ER worthy injury! Poor Aisling. We were gardening on Saturday evening. She leaned down to use her little toy rake, and she leaned right into a dead branch of a plant. It poked her right in the eye. Oh the poor thing! It was very nerve racking. She was crying red bloody tears. We called the on call doctor, but when he was taking too long to call back, I went to the ER. Thankfully, she was fine. By the time we got to the ER she was running around, seemingly no worse for the wear. She has a broken blood vessel and a scratch on her eye. Thankfully it is not on her cornea, and she should be fine within three weeks. It looks nasty, but apparently doesn't really bother her. She has some cream to put on it for a week, to keep out infection. Sorry for the gory picture, she wouldn't keep her eye open!

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busy busy busy!

Boy, did we have a crazy weekend! Saturday was Connor's opening day for tee-ball. What a fun day; he participated in a little parade, where all the teams marched onto the field. The mascot for our local baseball team, Champ, was there as well, and all the kids were really excited! The opening day was a "hit-a-thon" where the kids collected pledges based upon how far they could hit a baseball. It was a good time, but it was a LOT of waiting for the kids. They batted in alphabetical order by team name. Connor is on the Pirates. Yeah, "P".



Saturday was also the maple festival. Not ones to miss a good maple festival we left the opening day and headed right over! The maple festival is one of my favorite things. As Al pointed out, though, it's not really 'mapley'. I think it has more to do with being an unofficial start to spring and warm weather. Or, maybe it's just an excuse to eat really bad for you food, who knows! But, they have rides, and maple cotton candy, so it's a good time!


Okay, check out how much they've grown: The first picture is last year, then this year.


Is that not scary?!?

Saturday we also had company. Shane and Marcia came to visit with their daughter Marina. Shane is an old college friend of mine, and Connor's godfather. Marcia is his wife. We were not able to see them over the holidays, so we also exchanged Christmas gifts. That was fun! As usual, they spoiled Connor! (They take their role of Godparent very seriously!) Anyway, we had a great time with them. They left Sunday morning.
Marina and Aisling look shockingly alike!


Sunday, we rested! Well, most of us. I went into church to teach Sunday school, and everyone else stayed home. I am about to go run on the treadmill. (Shane and Marcia are really good cooks......) The kids are both sleeping, Wyatt is hanging out VERY peacefully and happily! And Al is getting some work done. I think some of that involves cleaning the basement. With Shane comes cigars....... oh well!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

"Siblings"

I just love love love how Connor and Aisling interact with Wyatt. They generally treat him like a regular old sibling, rivalry and all. They really genuinely like him and love having him as part of our family. Connor describes him as a 'cool guy' and Aisling gives him hugs and kisses! Having Wyatt as a part of our family has been such a wonderful learning experience for them as well, in so many ways. They are now great advocates for persons with disabilities. We met a little boy with similar disabilities about the same age as Wyatt while we were at the maple festival. The kids had no problems going right over to say hello. It's just an awesome feeling to see that. It is interesting though to go into my classroom. They are both still very shy around my students, who are like Wyatt. I think though, that it has more to do with age and size then with disability! I look forward to seeing how this interaction with persons with disabilities continues into adult life.


Somewhere I have a great picture of Aisling doing Wyatt's hair. I will need to look for it and find it.

Sick sick sick

So, each one of us has been sick over the past week. First Wyatt was sick on Tuesday. He was home sick from school. High fever, vomiting, the whole bit. Then, he nicely shared with Aisling. She was home sick on Wednesday. Then, I thought we were home free. Oh, how wrong I was! Connor went to a birthday party on Saturday. He was feverish in the morning, but seemed fine by the time the party came around. Well, he took one look at the cake and became green in the gills! Once home, he too started vomiting. He seemed better by evening, but still rested. well, I never get sick, so I thought I was in the clear; nope. I went out for a 'date night' with Al Saturday night. By the time we were gone for, maybe 2 hours, I was lying in the car moaning with nausea. Oh, it was awful. I was sick until the next day. I lay on the couch all day. I can't remember the last time I was so ill. Then, Al was home sick on Monday. I think (hope) we are all over it now! It was BRUTAL! But, thankfully, short lived.

Today was the second day of vacation, the first day we actually felt like doing anything. I took the kids to the ECHO center, while Wyatt stayed home with Kaye. He went out for ice cream, so his life wasn't too too bad either.

Enjoy the weather!