A new fiberglass cast

Yesterday Nate's kindergarten class entertained the entire Elementary School & their families with a puppet show. It was very special. The children made and decorated all the puppets themselves and then performed adorable songs & rhymes on the stage in the cafeteria.

It was so much fun and Nate was so happy. The class had put in many hours of practice & hard work and it showed.

Today was the big day for the broke arm. X-rays showed that the break was healing pretty good. It was still bent, so we can't do a splint yet. But, we did get one of the waterproof fiberglass casts. This one comes below his elbow so he can move his arm more. He's so happy. He came home & jumped straight in the pool! We go back in 2 1/2 weeks.

Finally our garden is doing great! You can see our first tomato here in this picture. No giant pumpkins yet.

So many things are going on now that the end of school is near! Henry and Luke are having to have all their fun with water while Nate is at school. Nate gets terribly frustrated when he hears of Henry getting in the pool and he's not interested in trying to wrap his arm with a bag and get wet too.

Luke is getting in lots of trouble. Last weekend, he pulled this table over on himself, breaking the lamp with his head. This table was also where our dwarf frog lived in an aquarium filled with water. Of course it broke too, froggy was hopping around in the floor with all the rocks and 2 years worth of frog poop. We rescued froggy and he now lives in a 3 gallon aquarium with 3 neon fish and a snail. I was lucky to get out of Petsmart with just fish & snails. Nate was begging for a hamster and Henry wanted a snake.

Friday morning we go for an x-ray to see if Nate's arm is healing straight. I am praying that he will be able to get a waterproof cast then. Happy Memorial Day!

Nate reading to Luke

Luke went for a 9 month well visit yesterday only to discover he had an ear infection. Here is Nate reading to him before bed.

The Broke Arm

With 3 boys, I'm bound to see my share of injuries....

Wednesday after school, while playing with me and his brothers at a playground, Nate fell off a see-saw and broke his arm. He has been such a trooper. We didn't even know it was broken, despite the pain he was able to move his hand and because he already had a really bad ant bite, we weren't sure what was causing the swelling. When I looked at it Thursday morning, I knew we'd better get it checked out. Because the bone is bent at the break, he's wearing one of those plaster casts that you can't get wet. The doctor formed the cast to put pressure on the bent bone in hopes that it will heal straight. We go back in 2 weeks for another x-ray to see if it's working. We're praying that they'll give us a waterproof cast at that point.

Kids + summertime = Fun in the Water and this cast is really gonna slow us down, but I'm thankful that he's taking it well. He even insisted on going to school today. Henry has been just a little bit jealous of all the attention. He's wrapped his arm & leg with ACE bandages and has been extra mischievous!

Well, just because I haven't blogged in a while doesn't mean I haven't had anything to say! Mark, Denise & Silas came to visit last week to celebrate Silas' first birthday! Happy Bithday Silas! They stayed all week which gave us all a little time to visit. We had so much fun playing with him. He crawls everywhere & just learned to walk

Despite the faces in the picture, we had a great time at the Grand Opening of the new patient tower in Oconee Mem Hospital. They had a parade with all the high school bands, fun activities & events for children. Oh, by the way, Henry has been wearing a tie most every day.

I had a busy Mother's Day. Bryan had to work all day, which left me to get everyone to church, and then visit all the Grandparents. But, the big news came last night when Nate discovered he had a loose tooth! I've never seen anyone so excited over teeth. Last night his bedtime prayer went like this, "Thank you Jesus, I love you so much, please help my tooth to get looser so it can come out and the tooth fairy can come and then I can look like everybody else."

Then, tonight's prayer went, "Thank you Jesus for this loose tooth, please help me to pull it so I can get one of those little pillows to put it in so the tooth fairy can come."

What's the going rate for a tooth these days? I guess I'd better ask around.

The Garden

Bryan, Nate Henry and Luke have planted a garden in our backyard. Well, Nate, Henry & Bryan did most of the work, Luke just sat on the grass and watched. They are so very excited about it. Nate told me, "Mom, You're gonna be so happy. You're not gonna have to go back to the grocery store anymore." (I wish!) And for several nights now, his bedtime prayers have included the garden. One night he prayed that the giant pumpkins would grow giant in a tall way, not a fat way so they wouldn't smush all the other vegetables. And every morning before school he wants to go see if anything has sprouted. They planted mostly seeds, and a few tomato & pepper plants. If only we had a cow, maybe I could avoid the grocery store this summer.