Talent show 2008

Aubin loves doing a "belly spin" on the sit-and-spin! I took this video tonight. The whole scene cracked me up. Butterscotch looks like he was watching and nodding/neighing in approval at Aubin's shenanigans. In the background, you can hear Rick playing the trumpet and Hayden telling him he's not very good, but that he's good at the harmonica. Here's a picture of Hayden playing the trumpet this evening.

gymnastics clip

Today was the last day of "session 1" for gymnastics. Dad was able to meet up with us and watch the class. The kids were so excited to have him watch all of their "tricks". I'm signing them up for "session 2" which starts in a couple of weeks.

formatting issues

I couldn't get the pictures right in the last post, and kept messing with it. I'm not sure if that sent out a million emails to people alerting to an updated post. If that happened, oooooops.

messy start to a Monday

Hayden has recently had a spark of independencewhen it comes to the kitchen. He loves to get his own water from the fridge, make his own toast, PBJ sandwiches, etc. Which is GREAT, right? Well, not this morning when he got up at the crack of dawn, got Aubin, & went downstairs to make punch. I don't know how he found these punch packets, I don't buy them. I don't even know where they came from. (So if any of you out there got us these packets, forgive me for not remembering!) Anyway, as you can see, it was quite the mess.

Happy Fourth of July

We are finally feeling much better around here. I ended up sick with Aubin yesterday and Rick came down with it yesterday afternoon. I was feeling better by this morning, but Rick was a bit miserable until late today. But hey, we're all well now in time to celebrate July 4th!
No fireworks are allowed since it has been so hot and dry, but did a few "snakes" with our neighbors this evening.
Oh, yeah. Hayden's hand wasn't THAT close to the fire. It just looks that way.

Poor little thing.

Rough night for Aubin. Fever and feeling miserable. I just snapped this shot. Isn't this the saddest picture? I took her temp and she's running 103.4. It was time for her Motrin dose so she should be feeling more comfortable soon.

sick kids

hayden's better today, no fever. Aubin came out of her room tonight with a high fever and same symptoms as Hayden. Luckily, the worst of this bug doesn't last long. Hopefully she'll feel better by tomorrow night.