i had him help me me with this layout........his writing has improved dramatically since the start of school.
some cards i've made. i've given up a huge chunk of my craft time to work with brandon. i miss it but i know in the long run, it'll be so beneficial in his many years of school.
love this picture of him from the 1st day of school.
this is brandon from halloween night 2006 (he had just turned 2) 
some tags made from vintage children's books
no---nothing happened to bryan. we didn't have a real emergency that he needed to ride the ambulance. last weekend, we got to go to the OC fire authority open house. what a treat for the boys! they got to ride on a fire truck, sit in different trucks, hop on fire ambulances, climb on them, press lots of noisy buttons, get to spray a fire hose, pick up lots of goodies (AKA junk to mom) and have a free lunch there. we are pretty lucky that we live 5 minutes from this place. all the firemen were so nice and took their time talking to the boys & showing them their equipment. here where we live, fires are so present during the end of summer months and throughout october. we really appreciate these firefighters risking their lives everyday for us. thank you! (click onto the picture collage for a larger view and ladies, you can thank my hubby whom i made go back to take a picture of the hunky fireman for me, um, i mean for you :-)
it'll be a busy weekend for us again. it's brandon's 5th birthday this sunday (10/11) and i have my mom & dad, sister & BIL flying in to help us celebrate! we have his party on saturday and i've been busy planning that too. so stressful planning a party this year. first, it was debating if i should invite brandon's whole kinder class but then, that'll be A LOT of kiddos so i decided not to. i selected a handful of friends of his that we have playdates with and also some of his preschool buddies. then i was stressing over food, decorations, cake or no cake, time, place, etc........ you moms know what i'm talking about! cross your fingers that all goes well this weekend!
