4 More Days!

This weather! Isn't it just the best? It seems as though sunny skies will be sticking around through Labor Day...YAHOOOO!!

I wanted to take the time to acknowledge some wonderful people who have sponsored our lemonade stand in some way. First of all, my friends Rachael and Rosalie who each donated a big dispenser for the lemonade...thank you girls:) Rachael also sponsored a few odds and ends for the stand, like helium for balloons and the cups! Culligan Water Systems in Akron is our water sponsor and we couldn't do the stand without their amazing, reverse-osmosis water (did I say that right Grandpa?) THANK YOU CULLIGAN!!! Thank you to Joe Capan from Signmatic in Akron who has donated an awesome sign for our stand! We will be able to use it over and over again---it is wonderful!! Thank you to ZipTor Monogramming in Batavia who today offered to embroider the aprons for us!!! Of course we couldn't do any of this without our wonderful volunteer workers and bakers!!! I LOVE our community!!!

Here is my #2 fact about pediatric cancer (then I promise I'll move onto some pictures!)
On average, one in every 4 elementary schools has a child with pediatric cancer.

I'm pleased to report that so far we have no more illness in the house. Oh how I pray that that bug left us as quickly as it came! The kids had playgroup this morning, which grandma took them to and of course she ventured solo into Wendy's (at lunchtime!!!) I had some awesome one on one time with Allie...


And later tonight, enjoying some ice cream

Out to Dinner

Tonight the Williams family went out to dinner! Well, kind of...


We loaded the trio into the wagon and Allie into her stroller and walked to the "other side of town." Remember in our little town with only one stop light, that is about one mile. I told the kids we were going to get french fries, to which they replied, "Walk to Donalds (Mc Donalds)?" We picked up Grandma on the way and ended up at Alli's Cones and Dogs, a cute little counter service place new to our town. We sat outside and enjoyed hot dogs, burgers, fries, and of course ice cream on the way home. Oscar the Grouch dined with us too (Brady)! It seems in a family with 4 small kids, someone is always in a bad mood. It was fun despite the crabbiness!


Eli wanted to wear his sunglasses!




Summer is for ice cream!





Don't forget to check out the sign up for our Alex's Lemonade Stand! CLICK HERE

Doctor Visit, New Carseats, and Ice Cream!

We had our first chance to have Eli, Cara, and Brady all in the van at the same time today in their new car seats. We needed to get more narrow seats so that we could fit three across the back of the van. Previously we had two in the back and then Allie in one seat and Cara in the other, making NO room to maneuver in the van. With this new configuration we take out one of the captain's chairs and have all that space. Here is a picture of my three back-row Joes!


All three had their two year appointments today with the new pediatrician. Things didn't go quite as well as I had hoped, but I'm sure the new doctor was feeling a little overwhelmed with Brady's health history in the last few months. She checked out his Broviac and isn't sure it is infected. She did offer to call our oncologist and see what was happening as far as getting a sooner surgery date. Before we left, she came and told us that our NP at Strong is working on it and will call us Tuesday. In the meantime she gave me betadine swabs to use when cleaning his site next week. I read between the lines here and took that to mean that his surgery date probably won't be moving up. The other surprising news is that all 3 kids have actually lost weight in recent months. I have no explanation for this, but boy did it make a momma feel bad! We are taking them back in 3 months to check their weights.
Eli and Cara got shots today, but did a great job!

To add a little fun to our day, we took the kids to Abbotts for ice cream after the appointment. I'm somewhat embarrassed to say that they have never had ice cream out of a cone...today was the day! They had a great time!
I love this picture! Notice the drip on Brady's chin, Eli's missing shoe, and the look of pure love on Cara's face as she stares at her cone!