the 1-3 count

don't let brybry's usually sweet face trick ya........he can be a booger. a real BIG booger. i came across these pics from my iPhone. i don't even remember what he did but he got the 1-2-3 count from daddy. [i actually only got the 1-3 count documented here =)]L O V E his face here

daddy still has his 3 fingers up waiting for bryan to stop crying.

last month, brandon got an award at school. here his is walking up to receive it. the principal [L] knows him by name since his 1st day in kindergarten. could be a good & bad thing. his 1st grade teacher is at the mic.

it was an extra special day since daddy took the morning off to see brandon at the awards assembly.

brandon's so proud and it shows!! (holding up his award) he got the outstanding citizenship award (friendship) just like he got in kindergarten. at least he's consistent!

like my ugly, bumpy pumpkin? made a tag here.another lawn fawn card. after making this card, i thought maybe i should add some pictures on the wall or something. looks so bare----- but it reflects how our house walls are. BARE!! hubby has a thing about knocking holes into the wall......... the string of lights has glossy accents on them.

i made brandon write his own thank you notes to his friends for coming to his birthday party and for his presents. i let him do the stamping on the front with a stamp of his choice.

thanks for stopping by today!

happy birthday brandon!

a thank you card going out to the families who came to the birthday party.

these are pictures from brandon's 6th birthday party on 10-10-10. [his actual birthday was on 10-11-10] we had it at tanaka farms. the kids all got to go on a wagon ride around the farm, go to the petting zoo, pick veggies, see pumpkins get shot out of a cannon and pick a pumpkin right off the vine to take home!! it was so much fun despite the 95* weather!! it was HOT!! luckily, our party area was under a tent!

there was so much room for the kids to roam around. just hard to wrangle 15 kids when you want them all in one place! we must have taken over 10 pictures each between 2 cameras and we still didn't get a good picture of all the kids!brandon & his brother in the petting zoo area.his ultraman birthday cake and halloween cupcakes. i wish i had a picture of brandon when i presented him with the cake. he was SO surprised!!

i always love the look on the kids' faces when the cake is lit! the gang

after the party, i attempted to get pictures of the (hot & tired) boys.

all brandon wanted to do was go home and open his presents!

he DID manage to smile in this picture with his mama! =)

look at who was all pooped out! brybry fell asleep in the car the minute we left the farm!

so let me share with you that i had a bit of a panic attack yesterday when picking up brandon from school. he ALWAYS waits for me at the backgate. after i saw his classmates come down and still seeing no sign of brandon after 5 minutes, i went up to his classroom. keep in mind it was thundering lightning & rain and i was carrying a half asleep bryan with no shoes on. i asked the sub if he saw brandon and he said no (i'm not even sure if he even knows who brandon is). so i walk back down to the gate. no sign of him. i asked a mom friend if she saw him & she said no. another mom was also helping me go to the front of the school and office to see if he was there. i go back up to the school. he wasn't in the classroom. i go back down and by this time, mostly everybody was gone. i was on the verge of tears thinking he worse possible senario. i went back up to the classroom and was so happy to see brandon in there, taking his time packing his backpack. i told him i spent the last 20 minutes looking for him and where he was...... turns out he was socializing in the hallway, talking to friends. that's AKA dilly-dallying!!! arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh, boys!!!! i'm so glad he was okay but he sure worried his mama!
happy 6th birthday brandon!

we're all set

the boys are all ready for halloween with their costumes!! brandon picked out a kamen rider one and bryan will be buzz lightyear. we were having a dress rehearsal just to make sure everything fit right!i've been MIA planning brandon's 6th birthday party. we had it on 10-10-10 at the pumpkin farm. it was HOT that day....in the 90's!! it was so hard to get a decent picture of them both together. this was when all the partygoers left and these 2 boys were in no mood to take pictures! more on brandon's party next time!

i'm a bit behind on sending out birthday cards. hard to send out when they haven't been made! LOL!

a wedding card

are these just the saddest pictures of bryan? this is from his allergy scare from last week. such a trooper---still smiling for his mommy. never knew what caused it but he was fine the next day. thanks for stopping by!

allergy scare to we don't know what

after dinner sunday, i cut up some apples, pears and grapes for the boys. nothing out of the ordinary. i noticed brybry's one eye was a little swollen a bit later, so i asked him what happened. he told me brandon knocked him in the eye when he was looking through his play binoculars. later as we were getting ready for story time, i looked at bryan's face and both his eyes were super swollen!! we immediately administered benadryl. how scary for us! we still don't know what it could have been. nothing at dinner that was out of the ordinary. can you be allergic to fruit? he's had grapes before. and apples. and pears. maybe not all 3 at the same time. poor little guy.....his eyes were so swollen that we could barely see his eyes!
here's an old picture of bryan. he's eating blueberries and no, he's not allergic to those. i'm really lucky both my boys love fruit!

a few cards i made over this past weekend for WCMD. getting ready for halloween! the boys are all set with their costumes! any guesses as to what the boys will be? they are super excited!

TFL! have a great week!