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We had a blast taking the boys to pick pumpkins the other day. Of course, Trey went right for the biggest one. Roman didn't care as much about the pumpkins as he did the candy nearby...
We carved them the next day, which was a lot of fun. Neither Jeff or I are very good at it, but it was fun anyway. These pics show Roman "helping" Jeff carve, Roman's face after touching the "guts", and both the boys with the finished pumpkins. Every time Roman sees any carved jack-o-lantern he says "ah-h-ween (halloween), Mommy, ah-h-ween!", which makes me laugh every time.
Jeff is not very happy about it, but I stumbled upon the cutest little t-shirt... for Marley! Jeff doesn't think dogs should wear clothes, and usually I would agree, but tell me this isn't one of the cutest things you've ever seen!
Yesterday Jeff said to me "can you believe we have a two year old and a three year old?". Crazy. Roman turned two on Thursday, it was such a fun day. He loved all the fun and excitement, but I don't know that he really GOT it all. Whenever someone said "happy birthday" to him he'd grin and say it back to them!
Here is our beautiful birthday boy --
I haven't posted any pages I've done lately. Partly because I haven't gotten many done. I did one this weekend that I'm excited about though, so here it is. It's pictures from Jan 2006. I need to give credit where credit is due though, I scraplifted (copied or borrowed the design of a page) the layout from Digital Scrapbooking magazine.
Jeff came home last night with another install box to expand our fort. He had told the boys that when he could get another one he would so that the fort could have an upstairs. You could imagine Trey's excitement when Jeff came home with the second box. Roman was excited (and you'll see from the pics, even played a bit), but still pretty sick, so not his normal self.
Jeff went to work with the renovations. It was quite a project as these boxes are so heavy-duty that each box comes in three parts! The completed fort is impressive. Trey calls it his castle. Inside the "downstairs" there's a hole in the ceiling that Trey can boost himself through (Roman needs help) to get to the "upstairs", which has a window with a door. On the outside of the fort there's a ladder that Trey can use to climb to the top, it even includes hand-holds on the top to help him get all the way up. Roman isn't able to climb this ladder yet, and I'm kind of glad as it is pretty tall. (Although you'll see in the pictures that Jeff boosted him up there so he could check it out.) I tested the whole thing myself, even climbing the ladder and sitting on the roof. It didn't even wobble. Jeff was quite the architect with this project!
It finally actually got kind of cold this week, really for the first time. So of course, we also got sick. Jeff's fine, I'm okay except for a never-ending headache, Trey just has a cold, but Roman has an ear infection and croup.
I've never dealt with croup before, but I've heard about it. So when Roman woke up from his nap on Wednesday with a horrible barking cough I had a feeling that's what was going on. Sure enough, he progressed with raspy breathing, the awful cough and a fever. We were up in the night every couple of hours checking on his breathing. I took him to the doc yesterday who confirmed croup as well as an ear infection. Last night he made us nervous when his fever got up to 105. His fever did come down and he slept okay. This is day three, maybe there'll be improvement soon...?
Trey and Roman love forts. I'm guessing most little boys do. So when Jeff had a new machine install a couple of weeks ago he brought home an industrial size (and strength) box to make into a fort. The boys are thrilled! It's in their room and they love playing in and even on it. (It really is strong!) One rainy day last week we took markers and crayons and stickers in their room and decorated it inside and out. It's been a blast. A couple of days ago we told Trey he could "camp" in his fort overnight, which he loved. He had so much fun and slept so well that we've let him sleep there for three nights now! Marley also really likes the fort and has started going to be with Trey at night. We don't let him stay there all night, but he sleeps with him for a couple of hours. They are adorable!
Actually, I wasn't even buying the bed, I was helping Amber. She bought a new bed frame and headboard and matching dresser, but didn't have a vehicle to transport them in. So we went together on Saturday to get them. We got them back to her apartment without too much trouble, then started taking down her old bed frame. I hadn't even thought about what size frame she had gotten, but when we were taking down the old frame I asked her, "this is a double, right?". She stopped and looked at me... "a double is the same as a queen... right?" UH-OH. Her mattress set is a double bed, but the new frame only came in queen! She had remembered buying her comforter sized double/queen, so she assumed they were the same!
It has worked out for her though, she got a great sale for a new mattress set, since she wanted one anyway, and her bedroom looks great! Her only problem is that I think it's a very funny story, so I keep telling people!
