My little Artists

I just love to watch Elijah draw. He loves to write, color, paint and draw. I haven't had to work on writing letters with him because honestly he practices them all the time on his own. In our kitchen, I have paper, markers, pencils, and crayons on a shelf where the boys can get them whenever they want. It's not unusual for Elijah to be at the table drawing or coloring bright and early in the morning. Caleb has never been one to color or draw for very long, but he has been doing it more now that he sees Elijah. And it's so cute to watch him too:)

Making a beautiful rainbow

 

Showing how he can write his name all by himself!

 

Isn't he the cutest? I'm so proud of him:)

 

 

Elijah drew this today. It's a big birthday cake with his name written all over it.:)

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Christmas 2012

We had a perfect Christmas day except for the fact that Elijah was very sick (more on that at the bottom of the post).

 

Here are some pics from our Christmas 2012

A singing Christmas puppy was left unopened in front of the presents, just waiting for Liam. And as I predicted, he went straight for it. Dogs and music are his thing. He loves it!

Jimmy was all smiles and so darn cute as he opened his presents and then happily passed out the presents  he bought for us.

 

Caleb and Elijah were happy to receive an IPAD2. They know how to use it better than I do.:) 

 

 

Elijah has been running a fever since last Thursday. On Sunday, I took him to the ER only for them to tell me it's a virus. Then 2 days later on Christmas morning, Elijah woke up with mouth sores all over his tongue. He was miserable. On the day after Christmas, I took him to our pediatrician who had bloodwork sone to rule out the coxsackie virus and a chest xray to rile out pnemonia. Thank goodness, both were fine. So he concluded that yes, it's a virus (possibly 5th's disease but without a rash, he wasn't certain). We were told to come back in 2 days if he wasn't feeling any better. Other than poor little Elijah being sick, our Christmas was very nice.

 

 (We did miss Ben however who could not make it home:( ) 

Another visitor is coming :)

Not only is Santa coming to our house tonight, but................... the Tooth Fairy is also coming. Elijah lost his very first tooth today.:)

Feeling yucky

I had to pick up my little Elijah from school early on Thursday. He had a fever. :(

 

He soon fell asleep in Mama's bed while watching Dora.

On Friday, he started perking up.......but it didn't last long.

Here he is holding a book that his teacher gave him for Christmas. Liam brought it home in his backpack for Elijah.

Today is Saturday and my poor little guy is still running a low grade fever and not feeling very happy. Please say a prayer for him to feel better in time for Christmas.

With love..........

 

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Caleb, Liam, and Elijah 

Santa and Jimmy