September Already!

Isabella is back in school and loving it! I snapped a quick picture of her in the car on the way to school on her first day.

On Saturday we went to The Turkey Hill Experience.

Isabella milked a "cow"

Lily thought they were funny.

Daddy and Isabella played two fun milk games.

Daddy was creating his custom flavor Ice Cream. Doesn't he look cute in his hat? : )

I thought this was really cool - it's a camera that watches the Turkey Hill plants in real time. You can watch them make ice cream and ice tea.

This one's for Grammy!!!

After creating our custom ice cream flavors and custom packaging, we all had to create our commercials. I was helping Lily with hers.

Daddy helped Raymond.




We had a fun time!

On Sunday, Lily was baptised. She looked so adorable! Babies should be required to wear bonnets everyday. So stinkin' cute!!!

Lily's Godmother, Vicki
Isabella looked so pretty.
Grammy

Raymond was a good boy!

Afterwards we went to Eric and Vicki's house for lunch and cake.

Isabella painted Aunt Theresa's nails.

Isabella and Angel

(We love Angel!)

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On Monday we went to the Renaissance Fair with Grammy. It was Children's Fantasy Weekend. It looked like it was going to rain but luckily it only drizzled for a few minutes the entire time we were there.

Isabella ate a fudge-covered banana.

We met the Queen of the Renaissance Fair. She gave Isabella a red jewel which was super exciting! Then, we went to have cake with the queen...
While we waited.
Vanilla Cupcakes with Purple Icing
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Raymond hasn't been feeling that well the last few weeks. He developed a rash that wasn't getting better. I made an appointment for him to see his oncologist since the rash was similar to what he had when he was a baby. After going down to further investigate, I was told it was either AML (Leukemia) or a virus. So we anxiously waited and found out it was the virus. The doctor explained to us that in "normal" healthy children, it's not a big deal. But for Raymond, it could potentially take him 1-4 years to fully get rid of it. So until then, he will have good days and bad days. Luckily, Isabella and Lily aren't at risk of getting it.

I took this picture of all three kiddo's.

Here is an outtake from that photo shoot...

Our kids are always smiling!

We LOVE them so much!!!

On a side note - Has anyone seen the movie Hachi: A Dog's Tale? It stars Richard Gere. If you are a dog lover, you should see it. Watch it with a box of tissues.

Until Next Time!

Lots of Love,

1...2...3...GO!

We've been staying pretty busy as usual. I had to take my car to the dealership to be looked at and the three kids had to go along with me and wait.

Lily was happy to go.

Raymond was very sleepy.

Isabella liked this car. She told me she was going to ask Daddy to buy her a pink one for her birthday along with a purple canoe. Raymond has been spending a lot of time with Lily. I think he has realized that she can't get away from him as fast as Isabella : )

Raymond is so sweet and so gentle with Lily. He scoots extremely close to her and rubs her head or "boop"'s (his word) her belly. The other day she reached for him and he was thrilled. Raymond is still a little possessive over his toys when Lily has one but then what 2 1/2 year old isn't. Raymond prefers to walk rather then crawl so I have to watch that he doesn't accidentally throw himself onto her. He hasn't quite perfected walking so sometimes he has a crash landing.

Just like Isabella and Raymond, Lily loves animals, especially dogs. She loves playing with this Boxer stuffed animal.

Raymond on the other hand, just loves making messes!

Raymond crawled in his room and was buy himself for about three minutes...this is the damage he caused! Yikes! (In the above picture, he actually pushed the diaper box over to use as a stool to get to his toys that were up high. Oh boy!)

Raymond's path of destruction. He's such a boy!

I went the other day to buy Lily a Christening gown. She's being baptised on September 4th. At the store, I tried this cute little Halloween hat on her. I took her picture in it because it was $30. It sure was cute but I wasn't about to spend that much.

After a long day of playing with her brother and sister, Lily fell asleep holding her foot. She is SO cute!!!
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Raymond had a therapy session with Stacey, his Special Instruction Teacher on Tuesday. He loves her! Raymond likes all his therapist but for some reason, he especially enjoys time with her. So normally, as long as Raymond is feeling okay, they have very good sessions together. Tuesday was no exception. Raymond said several things for her repeatedly but my favorite was 1,2,3, Go! His sweet little voice is so adorable. Even more so when "real" words come out. He was saying it for Daddy when he got home too. Raymond normally doesn't like to say things on demand. I hear him say a lot when he plays by himself or with Isabella. He's getting to be such a big boy!

And let's not forget my big girl! She's the best : )

Until Next Time!

Lots of Love,