October 2010

Wow! I can't believe the year is coming to an end already; I better get on it! 

At the end of each year I have all my blog posts from January to December printed out into a book, but due to the arrival of our latest pride-and-joy, my posts are only up to October! Sooo, prepare yourselves for a bunch of really long posts while I get caught up!

October 2010:

What do you do with the kids when it rains almost every day of the week?

Quick disclaimer: It was a really warm Oct, and there wasn't any thunder or lightning. I haven't completely lost my senses. Yet. 

Also, look at my herbs in the background! My 1st attempt at gardening was a success! Not all of the plants survived, but I ended up with eight potted herbs. The kids also planted watermelon and beans in the side yard.

PT, Noni, and cousin Mew

First Smiles!

Corn Maze outing!

Me and the kids.

I forgot the sunscreen, so I made all my kids wear these dorky hats. They will thank me when they're older.

Me and PT

Kids in the corn maze.

We are done having fun.

The kids were good sports, but Oct in Florida isn't exactly winter; it was so hot! I didn't know they could grow corn on the surface of the sun. 

Immy

A. F. Armament Museum outing

My kids love planes, and going to the museum is a huge thrill for them!

 Lulu and cousin Bper looking at the AIRPLANES!!!

Lulu stopping to pick flowers

They were all a bit scared they were going to fall off. 

Me, cousin Bper, Lulu, and JP in front of the new monument honoring service dogs.

Me and JP checking out a butterfly.

Lulu and Bper checking out a tank inside the museum! 

"Flying" in the F-15 cockpit.

Pumpkin Patch outing!

Lulu is making her craft.

Lulu and JP watching to see if pumpkins float.

Cute Cousins!

Me and PT.

I'm glad my sister hangs out with us all the time, because she is a great photographer and I get to be in front of the camera for a change. Oh, and I like her too. 

How cute is this!?

Lulu picking her pumpkin.

Tinker Bell, G.I. Joe, and Cheerleader.

Happy Halloween!

Skeleton PT. It's not easy being this cute.

Lulu, PT, and me making a caramel apple.

Immy, very proud of her face painting after the church picnic!

Swollen face after a fever.

Histamine reaction to a fever.

Ok, strange picture time. In mid Oct my kids had a histamine reaction to their fevers. At the time I could not find any information about it online, and when I called our doctor the nurse just told me to bring the kids in to be checked (Yes, I would love to drag my four sick, throwing-up kids to your office, pay you over $100, and then have you tell me "Give her some Benadryl". Gee thanks.). So I am putting this info up for my reference in the future, and for anyone else who may benefit from it.

Mid Oct all my kids caught a bad case of the flu, and JP and Immy both had a fever for about five days. JP was sick first and after his fever broke his face swelled up, so I gave him some Benadryl right before bed and in the morning he was fine. One week later Immy was getting over her fever and when it broke her face swelled more than JP's. I gave her Benadryl before bed, but in the morning her face was not better. It stayed very swollen for three days, and kept me very worried, but there was no fever so I just waited and watched her closely. The third day she looked good enough to go back to school. Later I mentioned the incident to my parents and my dad said "Oh, they had a histamine reaction to the fever." as if it was a very common thing. Apparently during the fever toxins build up in the body and when it broke their bodies reacted as if to an allergy. Once the toxins cleared out of their systems they were fine. Their symptoms were swollen face, puffy eyes, and runny nose.

Airplanes!

We absolutely love to get over to the National Naval Aviation Museum for a visit. It's a bit of a drive, but for a plane love'n family like us it is so worth it! Here are a few pics from our trip in September.

Bper and Lulu driving the USS "Kiddie" Hawk

I spy...

Smooth sailing

JP, Immy, Bper, and Uncle B

Lulu and Daddy

Ready for take-off!

Bail! Bail! Bail!

Snack Time

The Crew

Weigh Anchor, and head for home!

PT's Baptism Day!

Blessing with water

Only a small fuss, he was tired.

Lighting the Baptismal candle

Presenting him to the church

Baptismal font

Welcome, little PT!

Sewing, Strawberries, Skirts, and Skorts

 A little bit of crafting is getting done in between moments of chores, kids, and baby snuggling.  

 I did a little midnight canning when our freezer gave us fits and defrosted all my frozen strawberries.

Literally midnight, look at that clock!

 The berries actually defrosted earlier in the day, but when you start canning after the kids go to bed you don't get done until the wee hours. The jelly is so good though! 

 A little refashioning; I bought this size 14 skirt for $1 and stitched down the sides to make it my size. I also followed the lines from my other favorite skirt (that doesn't fit yet, need to lose a few more postpartum pounds) to give this a "tulip" shape. It turned out cute.  

There were a few more small sewing projects completed; Immy made a pillow for her teacher, and I made two laundry bags to hang on the side of the changing table. 

Darks and Lights!

 

 Here is a more recent refashioning project Skirt turned Skort. 

1$ skirt

1$ shorts

 I cut off the short's waist band and pockets.

 Pinned it inside the skirt.

 Sewed all the way around except for about two inches in the front where the zipper is.

inside out front

inside out back

 I left a little slack in the front so the button and zipper could still be undone. I also left the old tags in so I could see what size the skirt is.

 In about an hour it went from skirt to skort, really simple and really cute!

No panties here!