HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Well we had a very successful Halloween for Jack. Poor Ben on the other hand, not so much. Of course, last Saturday I had taken Ben to the doctor because he had been coughing for about two weeks and when he woke up, he looked like he had pink eye. The doctor won't see you for just a cough at his age, because there is not really anything that they can do...wonderful. Anyway, so we see the doctor and get some antibiotics for all the sinus junk that is going on (eyes draining, nose running and ears draining..GROSS!). We give him the meds and all seems to be doing better. Thursday morning we drop him off at school and he is fine. Gran was picking him up at 10:00 to take him with her to visit Aunt Laddice in Allendale. Before she even gets there Jon has a call that they think he has pink eye. My mom picks him up and they go for their visit. In the meantime that afternoon I call the doctor again to find out if we can give him the eye drops from the last round of pink eye. As I am driving from work to pick up Jon and the boys, Mom calls and says that she now thinks Ben is running a fever. We get everyone picked up and home we go. We get home at 6:00, and take Ben's temp...102.1...lovely. Still no call back from the doctor...Mommy not a happy camper. We give Ben medicine and go ahead with the eye drops because they look terrible. He goes to sleep at 6:15 and doesn't wake up until almost 2. Poor little guy felt terrible.

Friday comes along and we had the whole day planned...bad idea...had to change plans. Gigi kept Ben in the morning since it was the last day of the month and Jon and I both had to be at work. Jon and I both called the doctor on Friday morning first thing. Gran picked up Ben from Gigi's and took him to the doctor. He had complications from a sinus infection. Not good. Gran was nice enough to keep him for the rest of the afternoon. Poor little thing did not even want to be put down. It was very pitiful.

Anyway, I managed to get off work a little bit early so I picked up Jack from school and we went and bought a pumpkin. Gran was keeping Ben and he was asleep so we went outside and carved the pumpkin, better late than never. Jack loved it, he had pumpkin all over himself.

I got to break out the power tools for the Jack-O-Lantern. It was fun..

Later that night Gran, Doda and Gigi came over to have pizza and to see Jack go trick-or-treating since Ben was not up to the action. I think Ben was asleep by 7:00. Jack on the other hand was far from it. The first round of kids came by our house at about 6:30, I thought Jack was going to fly through the roof he was so excited. By the time I finally got him dressed we was raring to go. Personally I think he was a pretty cute skunk! We went around just to our most immediate neighbors, I don't think he was quite ready for the all out trick-or-treating. He was a big hit, and figured out the candy thing surprisingly fast.

The excitement was almost too much to control. Have you ever seen such joy?

Of course, once we made our rounds we had to check out our stash. He got very upset when we put the bag of candy on the kitchen counter, you would have thought the world was coming to an end. All weekend long he has been enjoying his "treats".

Ben finally started feeling better on Saturday afternoon. I could never find a time to get him in his costume for a "photo shoot" so we got a PJ picture tonight instead. He is doing better, but still not 100%.

Fall Fun

This month has been VERY busy. We have had lots of preparation for Halloween. Of course we had to take a family trip to the "pumpkin patch." We went to Harmon's here in Lexington and looked at the pumpkins, took pictures, took a turn on the swings and went to the "petting zoo." The petting zoo consists of lots of goats, chickens, rabbits and some other kind of bird that I could not tell you what on earth it was. My best guess would be a white peacock. Unfortunately the day that we went it was VERY windy, and Ben was starting with a cold so we did not stay very long. We were going to buy a pumpkin there but the line to pay for pumpkins was about 30 people long!! NO WAY! We still managed to get some cute pictures of the boys though, which is what I really wanted anyway.

Daycare had the Fall Festival on the 23rd. We took the boys because it is a BIG deal at school. Ben was still under the weather, but we bundled him up in his chicken suit and he managed through. Jack, the skunk, had a blast. They had games, a fire truck, ambulance, mounted police, hay ride, and a giant moon walk slide. The slide was the big hit of the night. We had to wait in line about 6 times for him to go down the slide. He was so small the teachers had to give him a boost and the teachers on top had to grab his hands and pull him up. It was kind of funny. I felt sorry for the teachers! Anyway, he thought it was the greatest thing, and that is all that matters. We had a wonderful time, and can't wait until next year when Ben can join the fun!

My Bunny is becoming a Bug :-(

Well, the time has come. We got a notice at daycare yesterday, Ben is moving up on October 27th. He will no longer be a Bunny, he is moving up to the creeper class...aka The Bugs. We will miss our teachers in the Bunnies, Miss Meghan, Miss Margaret and Miss Keonia. But Miss Kim in the Bugs is a Clemson fan! She will help him learn the important things!

Family Day at Erskine

Last weekend we visited Kiki at Erskine for family day. It was a very nice day. We got to hear Kiki's gospel choir sing...very interesting. We had a nice picnic outside on the grounds, watched a shag contest (sort of) and we got to hang out with Kiki.

"Who are you, and why are you taking my picture?" Nice nametag Jack. I think Gran was afraid she might forget your name...but wait, she still called you Ben!

Is it lunch time yet?

The highlight of the day was the "Hehe's"...translation horses. I have never seen Jack move so fast in all of my life. They had an equestrian demonstration after lunch. Jack was sitting on the porch playing and had I not been paying attention and caught him, he would have jumped the two feet off the porch and taken off. All he could do was run, point and say "Hehe, hehe". I have never seen him so excited. He got to pet them, and watched them demonstrate.

Discussing the "hehe's"

Ben was a little bit less than impressed with the gospel choir...sorry Kiki. He was doing fine until the girl standing next to us let out a great big yell. Then we lost it, after that it was a little bit touch and go. Jack on the other hand was interested as ususal.

Botswana Boys

Uncle Geoffrey sent the boys t-shirts from Botswana while he was out traveling the world. The boys love their shirts and want to tell Uncle Geoffrey...THANK YOU!!

Botswana...where's that mom?

More Pictures from Ben's Baptism

With having to go out of town right after Ben's baptism I did not get around to putting these pics up until now.

Rockin' the "lamp shade"...

A Little Behind...not like a Butt.

OK, so I am about a month behind or so on the posting. I finally have downloaded the pics from my camera from when we went with Robbie and Suzann to Biltmore. We had an awesome weekend.

As you can see from the picture of the boys the decided to go fly fishing. Please note all of the equipment. Let me just say, we never saw a fish. We did a lovely story of some lesbians skinny dipping in the river. I think Robbie and Jon got an eye full. I'm glad I was absent for that one.
The flowers at Biltmore were gorgeous, as usual. I took lots of random pictures of course, but here are just a few of my favorites. Maybe if I am nice to Kiki she will paint one for me...hmmm...