Getting ready for Halloween!

Sorry I haven't posted any pictures in a few days....you know how weekends are. Saturday Colin was still feeling under the weather so he slept in and Bill and I went to the big yard sale they had in the big tent at Patrick Henry Village (the army base where the boys go to school and most military folks around here live there). We found some jeans for Colin, replaced his game boy that got stolen from our Jeep (right in our own driveway! That and a bunch of CDs are GONE!) and Bill found a laptop computer. He has been wanting one for awhile so that was a worthwhile trip for sure. We also went to a flea market in the evening and I got a bunch of small gourds for Colin's Halloween party. He is going to have his party next weekend since he THOUGHT he was going to be camping this weekend and Halloween night is a school night. Did everyone remember to set their clocks back from daylight savings time? We had to get on the internet to find the instructions for Bill's watch so we could reset it but otherwise no problem. I used that extra time to get some more shuteye! I LOVE to sleep late!!!



Sunday we all went out and did some more shopping for Colin's big party. We lucked out at the PX...all the Halloween stuff was 50% off! yeah! We got a cool huge creepy skeleton ghost thing that we hung up in the courtyard and some other goodies. We also got most of the groceries we will need for the treats. I will get the fresh veggies the day of the party so they don't go bad. As the day went on Colin's cough really started to get pretty bad and he was slowing down. By the time we got home he was pretty tired and then around 9PM he felt warm. We took his temperature and it was up to 102.2! Guess who didn't go to school Monday! My photo for the day is the wagon I decorated with Colin's pumpkin and his gourds.



Since Colin stayed home from school Monday we decided we better take him over to see the doctor and find out why this fever wanted to hang around for so long. Luckily we were able to get him an appointment without any trouble and didn't have to wait to long in the waiting room either. Poor Colin has bronchitus and the Dr. also asked us to go and get an Xray of his chest to see if he has pnemonia. He said that regardless of which one he would be prescribed the same medicine so we didn't need to wait for the results of the Xray. So home we went with a bag full of medicines for Colin to take and a note to show to his teachers so they wouldn't think he has been playing hooky all this time! Thank goodness the antibiotic he prescribed is a strong fast acting one. Colin should be back in school Wednesday. My photo of the day is all poor Colin's medicine...