Calvin's lunch

Here was lunch tuesday. Homeade granola w/ homeade cranberry sauce. mmmmmm good.
oh - and w/ a banana on the side. Of course.

1st snow of 09-10 winter!

Our 1st snow of the year! So exciting.

And poor Jack - stuck inside w/ mommy. Next year he'll be outside too!!

Calvin's lunch 12-16-2009

So we're starting a new segment today. My second son, Calvin has the oddest preferences for food. I'll start sharing them w/ you. Here is his lunch a few days ago. This is Anne's Mac & Cheese w/ ketsup and grapes. Mmmmmm.

Merry Christmas!!

We've decided to go paperless this year. So I'm posting our Christmas letter here!


So starting at the top. Darren is still with HDR. In this economy we are so thankful he has remained employed with such a good company. He still travels quite a bit, but we choose to focus on the positive which is he has a great job that he loves with a great firm.

Oscar started preschool this year at Hilltop Christian. Now I realize last year's Christmas letter told you that we were going to home school the kids until they turned 8 or something. Well God had something else in mind, at least for now. Who knows what the future will hold but we were led to enroll Oscar in preschool and he loves it. Oscar just turned 5 in November and we are amazed at how old he looks and act. (And we've learned our lesson never to make declarations about what we'll be doing more than 1 year in advance.)

Calvin will turn 3 in January. He has begun to find himself this year. Somewhere around 2 1/2 he started talking. We were a bit worried since that is a bit late, but as it turns out the kid knows quite a bit! And when Oscar is at preschool he doesn't stop talking. As each kid goes through the 2's we think... now this one is the cutest ever. I guess we like that age. So for this letter, Calvin is the ctuest 2 year old EVER.

And then there is Jack. In february of 09 we were blessed with our 3rd little boy, Jack Darren Lewis. He has charmed us. Thoroughly. He gets more joy out of watching his two big brothers run around than anything else. He is such a happy baby and a perfect addition to our family.

So that about sums us up for now. What about Jennifer you ask? I'm still working on my doctorate in home economics at Lewis University. I have decided to become a professional student in that field as I love it so!

Merry Christmas.
Darren, Jennifer, Oscar, Calvin & Jack

Crawling!!

Jack is crawling!!

And here is Darren crawling too!!

Drive by tour

So as I'm sure you know we have all been sick here at the Lewis house. Well that means we have lots of "cabin fever" days. Especially on weeks that Darren is out of town. So today I decided to load the kids into the mini van and do a driving tour of some of the boys favorite downtown landmarks as well as the big Christmas trees. Join us!
Jack








Oscar








Calvin












The tree in the Pearl at Jamison Park













The tree in Pioneer Square










The boys point out that this is OUR max (the yellow line)







The big purple octopus








The BIG lions









The little Lions









I'm proud of the fact that my boys can name the pdx bridges by site!















The train station











The grain elevators & silo's. An Oscar favorite.

The industrial train station on our side of the river.

Finally we are home as we drive by "our" max stop.

The Dentist

We went to the dentist last week. They even gave Jack a toothbrush to chew on!
Oscar getting x-rays. He was a VERY big boy.

The boys getting a cleaning. They both did great!

Typical Tuesday Morning

Here are the boys this morning. Ahhh. Brothers. Here is Jack. Yes he is standing. Not yet crawling... but likes to stand up to play his toy.

Oscar's 5th

My oldest turned 5 this week. FIVE. Hard to believe. We had a three day long celebration.

The first day, his actual b-day was a casual at home celebration w/ just the 5 of us.

The second day his preschool class sang to him.

The third day we took everyone to the Belmost historical firehouse. Super fun for little boys btw.

And after that our in town family came over for a party w/ cake!! Here is Jack loving his hat.And Oscar loving his presents! Even Calvin mustered after not being quite recovered from the flu.

Happy Birthday Oscar!!

In case you doubt there are miracles

As you all know our family has had the flu. It has hit us all differently.

Oscar had a high fever for 3 days & now is on medication for his 1st ear infection ever.

I had a high fever for 3 days & just today am starting to feel like myself again.

Jack has a medium fever & mild symptoms due to the fact that the peditrician put him on Tamiflu.

Calvin has been hit the hardest. Today is his 4th day in a row of fever. Last night he woke up at about 11pm with an odd wailing / cry that we hadn't heard before. He was at 104 and having a hard time breathing. He was weazing and raspy. Like he was breathing through water. We call the "on call" pediatrician. They listened to him breath over the phone and said we needed to take him to the ER right then. Darren packed him up & headed out. I called in some prayer. My mom. My mother in law. And all my family & friends who were logged onto Facebook at the time. By the time a doctor examined Calvin in the ER an hour & a half later a miracle had occured. He was at 100 and the doctor could find nothing wrong w/ his breathing or lungs at all. Seriously.

That is a miracle if I've ever seen one.

Oh - and if you don't believe in angels I have a story for you about that too.

The Flu hits the Lewis house

Oscar got it first. Then Jennifer. Then Calvin (pictured above w/ his 102 temp). As of today, Darren & Jack are showing the beginning signs too. We've cancelled everything this week. We are staying in. We are sick. At least we have each other.

Happy Halloween!!

For Halloween this year we had two firemen & one pumpking. Our day started off w/ a party!

Here is the group of them, w/o Jack Amelia enjoying our new playroom.

The rest of the super Bailly's

The Williams girls.

Then Darren took a nap. And we all went for a walk. (Darren was a corporate clown)

Then Marley came over for a visit.

Then Oscar & Calvin went trick or treating!

All the Fuss

If you follow me on Facebook you already know that Darren is out of town and Jack has been up every hour all night for a few nights in a row. That makes for a very tired mommy. However, as it turns out there is a reason for everything. Here is what all the fuss was about. His first & second tooth!!

Oscar's 1st School Pictures

So we all remember having school pictures. How there were some kids who would look fantastic & those of us who looked like we rolled out of bed on the wrong side. My kindergarten pic has become legendary among those of you who knew me growing up.

Anyway - today we got Oscar's 1st school picuture. Perhaps I'm bias but isn't he the most handsome little guy there? Keep in mind these are snapshot of the photo's as they hang on my fridge!

Playroom

We've just finished rearranging our 1st floor. The formal office is now a playroom. Here is a photo. The kids LOVE it.