Ok so Wednesday big A goes to dance class (moved from Monday for the holiday) and she comes home and decides to practice in her socks on our hardwood floor. BOOM, AAAHHHHGGGG!, sobbing... what's wrong? I run in and she's on the floor crying and can't walk. We move her to the couch and check it out. Not swelling, no bones sticking out. Ok so we ice it and send her to bed. Thursday she's walking, sort of, on it so we send her to school. She's still complaining after school so we schedule a doc appointment for Friday.
Still thinking it's a sprain I have her leave her stuff at school, we'd be back soon right? Nope... doc orders x-rays, and when the tech comes to talk to us she's got the travel envelope, oh no, I've been a bad mommy! Off to the ortho for a cast and 4 hours later we finally make it to the in-laws to get the rest of the kids. Ya we were at the doc offices for so long all her stuff is still at school, and my MIL had to get the kids for me.
So her cast is purple (love the color) they let her keep her toes open (originally they were going to cover them!). She's got to keep it on for 4 weeks. We had a scout program that night so I had to call the other adults that I was working with and let them know we'd be late. She decided that she wasn't going to let this stop her from going either since the program was inside.
A little cast never stopped anyone... Of course being that this is the second cast in 2 months... I'm wondering if she's going to take after her father and break a bone or 3 in every limb!
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
No school!
It's so cold here...
How cold is it you ask...
Try -8 without the wind! Can't remember the last time it was that cold around here. We get lots of snow but this is ridiculously cold, it's -27 with the wind... step outside for even a second and you freeze! UGH!
The kids are happy since with school being canceled yesterday they get a 5 day weekend.
Now to find something to do in the house before they drive me crazy...
How cold is it you ask...
Try -8 without the wind! Can't remember the last time it was that cold around here. We get lots of snow but this is ridiculously cold, it's -27 with the wind... step outside for even a second and you freeze! UGH!
The kids are happy since with school being canceled yesterday they get a 5 day weekend.
Now to find something to do in the house before they drive me crazy...
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Quiet time
Stayed at the in laws last night... Woke at 6am to them moving around, man are they early risers! I'm home now and it's quiet... no one here to interrupt me or anything. Which means I can finally get to a recap of what's been happening around here.
To start with Ali is home with her family and doing well. Still preg., still stable, still praying for a full term, healthy baby.
The oldest is dancing again. She's started back this past fall, just a jazz class with her sister. Now she's in jazz 4 with girls her age and loving it. It's non-competitive with is exactly what she wanted. The last studio we were at she was in 3 classes and 2 competition classes plus the competition schedule and she got to the point of hating dance, so we quit. Having her back in just 1 class and loving it is so great to see. She's doing well in school and enjoying scouts. She has a training session tonight to learn how to help run the new telescope we have at camp. I'm just glad to see her still being a child and not growing up too fast!
The younger daughter has decided that dance isn't for her. She's now taking ice skating lessons. Her first class was last week and she was having a great time... that is until she sort of ran into the wall/fell into the wall and did the splits. After that she was done for the day. I was just getting ready to take a picture too. I asked her if she wanted to go back this week and she said YES!! she loved it, even if it does hurt to fall. I may have to go and get her some skates of her own soon. We'll see what happens. She's doing great in school. Her scout troop is planning a New York trip this summer. It's a big trip without parents, just the leaders. I'm not sure I'm ready for this.
On to little man. What can I say about him... His doing well in school grade-wise, now to get him to stay out of trouble. He's getting bored in class and acts out for something to do. We're working on it, it's just taking time. He's in scouts too, tiger cub. Doing well there, he wants to earn all the belt loops and such I keep telling him one at a time, slow down... I think he really only has 2 speeds really fast and sleep!
This is a pic of him playing Joseph in the Christmas play. He just had to wear all his tools and bring his woodwork so he would "look like a real carpenter".
Speaking of Christmas the kids have been having lots of fun with their gifts. The oldest and youngest both got bikes that they decided to try out by riding in the house (don't ask, I'm not sure what happened to my brain at that point) and the little lady got her DS she'd been asking for. The in laws (God love them!) got the kids a Wii (with 3 controllers!) and thankfully the kids have all been playing nice with it. Can't get on it much when their home, lost the use of the tv when they want to play, but at least they aren't fighting.
To start with Ali is home with her family and doing well. Still preg., still stable, still praying for a full term, healthy baby.
The oldest is dancing again. She's started back this past fall, just a jazz class with her sister. Now she's in jazz 4 with girls her age and loving it. It's non-competitive with is exactly what she wanted. The last studio we were at she was in 3 classes and 2 competition classes plus the competition schedule and she got to the point of hating dance, so we quit. Having her back in just 1 class and loving it is so great to see. She's doing well in school and enjoying scouts. She has a training session tonight to learn how to help run the new telescope we have at camp. I'm just glad to see her still being a child and not growing up too fast!
The younger daughter has decided that dance isn't for her. She's now taking ice skating lessons. Her first class was last week and she was having a great time... that is until she sort of ran into the wall/fell into the wall and did the splits. After that she was done for the day. I was just getting ready to take a picture too. I asked her if she wanted to go back this week and she said YES!! she loved it, even if it does hurt to fall. I may have to go and get her some skates of her own soon. We'll see what happens. She's doing great in school. Her scout troop is planning a New York trip this summer. It's a big trip without parents, just the leaders. I'm not sure I'm ready for this.
On to little man. What can I say about him... His doing well in school grade-wise, now to get him to stay out of trouble. He's getting bored in class and acts out for something to do. We're working on it, it's just taking time. He's in scouts too, tiger cub. Doing well there, he wants to earn all the belt loops and such I keep telling him one at a time, slow down... I think he really only has 2 speeds really fast and sleep!
This is a pic of him playing Joseph in the Christmas play. He just had to wear all his tools and bring his woodwork so he would "look like a real carpenter".
Speaking of Christmas the kids have been having lots of fun with their gifts. The oldest and youngest both got bikes that they decided to try out by riding in the house (don't ask, I'm not sure what happened to my brain at that point) and the little lady got her DS she'd been asking for. The in laws (God love them!) got the kids a Wii (with 3 controllers!) and thankfully the kids have all been playing nice with it. Can't get on it much when their home, lost the use of the tv when they want to play, but at least they aren't fighting.
Friday, January 9, 2009
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