Summer Has Come To An End

Wow...summer is already gone and it's fall. I can't believe it! I've been completely slacking in the blog department. Oh well. I love summer but I also love all the beautiful colors of fall. (It's just that darn winter I don't like). The kids have been busy spending most of their time outside riding their bikes. That's their favorite thing to do! Teaching the preschool class has been fun too. The kids are absolutely hilarious! They sure keep me on my toes. Of course Emily's best boyfriend Sean is in the class so I have to keep an eye on those two. When I took everyone for a walk they were walking about 10 feet behind everyone else holding hands. They're only 4 years old! They're cute though.

I've been super busy canning the last few weeks. It's been a lot of fun and it's really scrumptious too! I canned green beans, corn, tomatoes, salsa, spaghetti sauce, peaches, peach jam, pears, and pear jam. Of course it's hard to find the time to do canning between the preschool class, volunteering in Brandon's class, being a SAHM, and doing my medical transcription work but it's definitely rewarding. About a week and a half ago poor Brandon was very sick. He was fine at school but started to complain of a sore throat after he got home. Then by that evening he had a temperature of 103! When he woke up in the morning he was crying so hard because his throat hurt and when I looked it was almost swollen shut and it looked so painful. I decided to take him to urgent care and when we were in the waiting room he broke out in a rash from head to toe. Turns out he had scarlet fever, which was a little scary! It's a good thing I got him to the doctor quickly. If scarlet fever doesn't get treated fast it can be very bad. Of course by the next morning he was pretty much back to himself again. Antibiotics are GREAT! I felt bad for my poor little guy. By the way, the kids picked the song for the slide show. They were dancing all over the house to the music :)