Only a week late but here they are.







Drew left angry that day and when I got to school he wouldn't let me take a picture of him at his desk, so no picture of him. Simon and Olivia where excited to go to school. I'm hopeful it will be a successful year for all of them. I can't believe Drew will go to Intermediate school next year (6th and 7th).

Other than finding some car posters to hand on the walls, Drew's new Big Guy bedroom is finished. It has been a longer process than I thought when I started it. It was pretty painless until I got to looking for a quilt for his new queen bed. I couldn't find any that I liked so I decided to make one. As I started I remembered why I really like to make baby quilts (they are much more manageable). I was able to reuse the dresser Pa-pou and Pa-Pat gave him when he was born and the rest is new. I think it turned out nice and the best part is that it should last until he is grown (I hope!)

I have two quilt tops sitting here and I'm not sure what to do with them. I'm too scared to finish the one because it's huge and I don't exactly know what I want to do with the second one. Any thoughts?


On a happy note-School starts tomorrow, Hurray!

I have had a request for the story of how all of Simon's nebulizer cups were melted. It is not a long story or even an exciting story. But for those who asked here it is...

Once a week Ryan is really good about boiling Simon's equipment (just like we have been told to do). On this particular day I was gone shopping with Olivia. Ryan always turns on the timer or stays right by the stove as not to melt anything. On this day Ryan was occupied with the Wii and when the buzzer sounded he yelled to Drew to turn off the stove. Well Drew turned off the timer (that's what he thought Ryan had asked him to do). After about an hour Ryan started to smell something funny and realized what had happened.

I am excited to take the melted mess to the Dr.'s next time. I'm sure they will get a kick out of it.

$5.00 to the first person who can name Ryan's masterpiece...

Olivia celebrated her 8th birthday yesterday. It started as the worse birthday ever for her but ended as the best birthday ever. (I hope the drama doesn't get worse the older she gets!) She started the day by with lunch and a movie with two of her friends. Chloe gave her this shirt as one of her gifts. All the kids loved G Force.
Finally after waiting all day for dad to get home she was able to open presents. Grandma Sally made her this sock monkey that she had been asking for for some time. Way to go Grammy! The cute shirt is thanks to Pa-Pou and Pa-Pat. She looked really cute in it with her new white capri leggings.

Her cupcakes were made special by me this year. Linda gave me a cupcake cookbook for my birthday and Olivia fell in love with these ones. I don't know if I should thank Linda for the cookbook or be mad that it has made more work for me. But the cake and frosting were both handmade this year!

I love this picture of Olivia with her candles. Ryan was in charge of picking up candles this year and bought the relighting ones. Olivia got a kick out of that.

Happy 8th Birthday Olivia. Mom loves you!