Trick-or-Treat!!

The boys were Angry Birds for Halloween and had a great time!

Happy Halloween!

We carved pumpkins with, err, for the boys tonight in anticipation of Halloween! The boys drew pictures of their pumpkin faces and Randy and I carved, cut, and cleaned out the pumpkins. They turned out really cute!
























We hope everyone has a Happy Halloween! I will post pictures of the boys in their costumes tomorrow before we trick-or-treat. Sure to be fun!

Too Good to be True...

I made these...



...and they turned out too good to be true.

I originally made them for my Bible study group snack this last week, but was unable to go because Ben was still sick (4 days of fever progressed to 9). So, I was forced to eat them at home...
My new weakness is called Buckeye Pretzel Bites.

4 days

Well, Ben made it through the first 8 weeks of school without getting sick...then the 9th week hit, and so did the fever and illness. We held out as long as we could, hoping things would clear up, but 4 days of continuous fever later and 2 doctor visits, he has an upper respiratory infection and very congested lungs. Since this is his first illness in quite sometime, the doctor wants to see how he will respond to antibiotics and delay IVIG infusions for now. Ben missed most of the school week, and really missed his friends, teacher, etc. Hopefully he will begin to feel better over the weekend and be well to return to school Monday.
Here is a picture of Ben today while at the doctor...you know your kid doesn't feel well when he asks to lay down on the exam table "to rest".

Happy Friday!!

Trip to Dallas

Last weekend I was blessed to fly up to Dallas for the weekend and spend time with one of my very best friends, Meagan. She recently moved back to Texas from Colorado and had a new baby! This has been a very busy time in her life! We had a wonderful visit and I got some quality time with her beautiful girls too: Lauren, 2 1/2; and Julia, 10 weeks. I hope that we may get to see each other a bit more often now that she is back in Texas. :-)
Here is a picture of me and Julia:

Bike Rodeo

Ben participated in his school's Bike Rodeo today. He was one of very few kindergarteners that did not have training wheels---and he had the biggest bike of all his grade level too. We have been riding without training wheels for about a month now---still a little shaky, but he is progressing great. I was so proud of him today. He fell a couple of times, but got up and kept going without a hitch! My mommy heart swelled with pride.



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Ben's Kinder Class

The Blattman Kindergarten class of 2011-2012 ordered class t-shirts this year. Here is a picture of Ben's class with their new shirts. (Can you tell how much taller Ben is, compared to the rest?? He's in the back row and at least a head taller than them all!) It's a cute group of kids!!








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