He's cute (even though he doesn't want anyone to look at him).

Was there any doubt that Noah was going to need glasses? Nearly every person in his family wears them. We had the appointment on Saturday morning, and picked up the glasses yesterday. And it wasn't any surprise that choosing the glasses was a monumental job. He's a picky one! They had to be blue, and he wanted "square" lenses rather than round. He's not too happy but I think he'll feel better after his first morning of kindergarten with the glasses. We tried to think of clever thinks to say if anyone teases him today. Noah is hoping that a bunch of kids show up for class with glasses, just like he did.

In other news (for those of you I haven't spoken to), Griffin was in the hospital last week for 2.5 days. He had a nasty head-to-toe rash, a fever, and was just not himself. Poor kid ... they couldn't get an IV into either of his arms and blew out one of his veins, so he spent the whole time with an IV in his foot. He also had an echocardiogram to see if his heart was OK. The doctors initially thought he might have something called Kawasaki's disease (which is treatable) and wanted to determine whether his heart was enlarged. Some of his blood tests showed acute inflammation, causing the suspicion of Kawasaki's. But it was ruled out ... so were the measles and Fifth's Disease. Basically, we have no idea what was wrong. It could have been viral ... bacterial ... a medication reaction to the antibiotic he had on Monday ... a reaction to his flu shot ... or something we haven't even thought of yet. In any event, he is good now and back to his normal busy little self. And I have to add that pull-out beds in hospital rooms are NOT designed with the 7.5 month pregnant in mind. :-)

Hopefully we will have some cute Halloween pictures after tomorrow. Noah has his in-class party (with costumes) and then tomorrow night is trick-or-treating. Happy Halloween!

A picture speaks a thousand words.

No time to go into details. I'm teaching a class at the scrapbook store tomorrow night and have to make sure I'm prepared. But it was a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooong weekend for Robin in SoDak. Batman actually had a pretty good time (despite that look on his face). I think the terrible two's are striking early.

Success.

Remember that portfolio review I was talking about? The one that determined whether I get to be a graphic design major? I passed. Yay! Of course, I felt better about it before I picked up my score sheets today and found out that one of my two faculty reviewers rated my drawing skills as below average. I knew that, but seeing it in print was not the best thing for my ego. Here's a picture of my installed gallery. Each applicant got a taped off space to display their work. I'm so glad it is done!




In other news, I made Griffin and Noah these t-shirts yesterday with a new digital kit I'll be selling on October 15 at twopeasinabucket.com. Noah really really liked making his shirt. He designed it - he picked and chose what to put on the iron on transfer. He liked it so much that I picked up another shirt tonight on my way home from class and we are planning to do another one tomorrow. The second version will be long sleeved and he wants flames on the sleeves. :-) Such a good little designer, that one! Griffin's shirt was harder to capture with a photo ... but the words say: I keep mama busy.






It is supposed to snow here tomorrow. Eek. Glad we got Griffin a winter coat yesterday. For the life of me, I cannot remember or find the coat Noah wore where he was Griffin's size. Guess the basement gremlins got it. Or I gave it away in one of my purging binges (although I rarely get rid of little boys clothes, so I doubt that is it).

Robin

Test run, to see if the costume fits. I think he likes it. 'nuff said. :-)

Cute kids.

I've decided my family grows cute kids. You saw the last picture of Noah with the brownie batter. Cute, right? And then I took these of the G-monster last night. October 1 ... beautiful warm weather here ... Bob and Noah worked on the bike riding (which is getting better but we still are not quite there) and Griffin ran around the yard in his shorts and t-shirt.

And then, around 7:30, I get a phone call - I'm an auntie again! Turner James was born a little after 6 pm. I can't wait to go back and see him. Jackie sent me pictures (poor Jackie can't see Turner yet, because she has strep throat.) And she threw in a bonus shot of my other little adorable nephew, Jackson. Jackson the Alligator, to be specific. See what I mean? Cute kids. :-)

In other news, I am half-way through my portfolio review process at school. If you haven't heard me talk about this yet, I have to pass a portfolio review in order to be accepted into the graphic design major. A portfolio review has 2 parts: first, I have to display 12-15 pieces of my artwork in the student gallery (along with the other applicants). My pieces are assessed by the review panel, and if they are satisfactory, I have to go through an interview process. It is sort of a big deal, because you only get 2 chances. If you don't get accepted by the second time, you are out. I have done well in my classes so I'm not overly worried, but it is a bit of work. I'll try to take a picture of my stuff in the gallery ... it is pretty cool to see all my work on the wall. And my best picture is the one that I gave Mom & Dad for Christmas, so Mom's mantel is pretty bare right now. Anyway ... I passed the display part of the review, and tomorrow (Tuesday) is my interview.

We are also making progress on bathroom/laundry room project. And by "we" I mean Bob, of course. Hee hee! I have not been very good about snapping photos, but in my defense it is a huge huge huge mess in there. We still need to use the laundry, and that is where Callisto goes when she's wet or dirty or has to stay out of our way. So there isn't any way to really pick it up. But the shower walls are up ... the electric is done ... the plumbing is 92.6% done (right, Bob) ... and Bob hasn't decided to divorce me because of my constant nagging.

Have a great week!