12 weeks and 5 days

A sneak peek of our new addition at 12 weeks and 5 days. It was a nice treat to have a glimpse of our baby today. It definitely brightened our otherwise rainy, gloomy and stormy day. First Trimester is almost over! Yay!

Book worm

Joshua has been reading up a storm lately. Today, we made a trip to the library and he borrowed 7 Mary Pope Osbourne books (Magic Tree House Series). He read 3 books before dinner and 2 books before bed time (well he extended bed time an hour more just to finish his fifth book).

He has read about 20 of the books from the series when he was in 1st grade and now has decided to read the rest of the newly released ones from the series.

I know that the Caraher's love to read but at our house, I am the one who reads more than Pat so I guess he takes after his mother when it comes to being a book worm :) However, when I say read - I only enjoy reading if it is not a text book.

Helper

It was really sweet of him to offer to help me and so I let him try it. He had two runs and was pretty done. I have to say he did pretty good considering how wet and soggy the yard was. It was tough to push and mow that day. I struggled for about an hour and half and I didn't even finish it. So, I was glad to get a little break and a little help - and he was suppose to be home, sick that day.

Puzzle

Joshua solved the puzzle with Grandma Judy. It took him a while before he understood what it meant. He gave us a two thumbs up and even said that he really wouldn't mind whether he'd have a little sister or little brother but he would prefer having a little brother if given a choice.

Second Piece

J'ai du bon tabac - his second piano recital piece

Recital

Hop Hop Hop - his first piano recital piece...

First Communion

Trial test of the wine...needless to say, he did not take the wine during his first communion












The ceremony took about 2 hours and the kids managed to behave. Shua has been waiting for the moment. He said the host tasted better when it was blessed. After the mass, we had a small get together at home with our friends. We had some screw ups, I ordered a gigantic cake while Pat did not order enough pizza. There were 14 of us and I had a half sheet of cake, while Pat ordered 2 large and 1 small pizza...we'll have to switch jobs next time.