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Monday, May 3, 2010

Orthopedics...

Last Thursday night, Jonathon pulled a piece of cabinet down on his foot.  We thought he was ok.  We put ice on it, comforted him and monitored him for the rest of the evening.  He got up after a while, walked around, played, etc.  Seemed ok.  He was uncomfortable, we could tell.  He walked on the side of his foot, we figured this was because it hurt.  It was bruised, but not swollen real bad.  Our night proceeded as usual.

Around 10:30 pm or so, Jonathon started yelling from bed.  A terrible, painful moaning, rolling, crying.  We ran in their to check on him.  He was without a doubt in pain.  We looked at his foot.  Not good!  Daddy took immediately to the ER.  3 hours later...they are heading in the door and Jonathon says (with a smile on his face :)..."You can call me BIGFOOT!"

His foot was in a splint and wrapped.  They took an x~ray and are suspecting 2 fractures on the top of his foot.  He was sooo excited about all of the happenings at the hospital...the nurses, the Dr., everything, that he could hardly talk.  He kept studdering over everything!  His mind was going a million times faster that his mouth could :)

This afternoon we are heading over to see the orthopedic Dr. to get a final diagnosis and treatment.  He is very excited about going to see the "bone Dr."  Hopefully all that is needed is a cast (praying for a walking cast :). 

He is handling all of this very well!  He is crawling around, goes up and down the stairs (without using his foot), climbing, playing outside...!  He uses his knee as leverage instead of his broken foot.  A couple of days ago he asked that the splint be taken off because it was hurting.  He said he didn't want medicine because it made him too tired.  So we obliged him.  It made his foot feel worse.  Last night his foot was bothering him again...this time he asked for medicine!  He slept like a baby! :)



Fred...

Fred was our fish.  Actually, to be more exact, Fred was Samuel and Jonathon's fish.  Andrea got him (along with 3 other goldfish that died) for their birthday.  Sunday Fred died.  I got a few questions from Sarah about Fred yesterday ~ she handled it well!  Last night at the dinner table, Samuel noticed Fred wasn't in his fish bowl.  The conversation went like this...

Samuel ~ Mom, where's Fred?

Mom ~ He died.

Samuel ~ But I liked Fred! (Now beginning to cry, and heading towards the fish bowl).

Mom ~ I know honey, I'm sorry.

A few minutes later...

Samuel ~ We need to get the plunger.

Dad ~ Why do you need the plunger Sam? (At this point we are all smiling)

Samuel ~ So, EVERYONE can go down in the toilet and get Fred and his friends! (He said this very seriously while not skipping a beat eating)

Everyone ~ {{{ laughing }}}

Samuel ~ STOP LAUGHING AT ME.

Katie ~ Sam, we're not laughing at you, we are laughing with you.

Samuel ~ (Putting both arms in the air) BUT. I'M. NOT. LAUGHING!!!

Everyone ~ Silence.

:D



Monday, April 26, 2010

"Family Day" to the museum...

We don't call trips out 'field trips'.  Field trips are very nice trips the school's do for children that families should be doing.  Truth be told there is a minimal (if any) amount of learning that occurs during a school 'field trip'.  When we head out it is a "Family Day" ~ basically we tell the kids "it's a surprise!!"  Not too long ago we visited a children's museum in a nearby city.  We had an absolute BLAST!!  There are a lot of photo's so this may end up taking a few days to share them with you!  It was soooo much fun!

 

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Have a great day!!!



Tuesday, April 6, 2010

The Titanic...

This morning we watched a documentary about the Titanic on the History Channel!

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The Titanic by Samuel :)

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The rescue boats ~ by Samuel :)

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Here they are building the Titanic and the rescue boats with Lego's.  The book that Samuel is holding is a book about the Titanic.  He is showing them what an iceberg looks like :)  All of the individual Lego's scattered about are the people who were unfortunately not in the rescue boats as the boat sunk.  They are swimming around.

Self directed learning, I LOVE IT!!



Thursday, March 25, 2010

Help, Help!...

Doc Oc is in our home!!  Has anyone seen Spiderman?  Please HELP!!

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My Hero!! :)

(Artwork: Doc Oc by Samuel and Spiderman by Jonathon:)



Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Humor and outdoor play...

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The kids really enjoyed the mild weather yesterday!

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Daddy's idea of humor!  We had soup for supper last night.  He set the table ~ this is what he placed down for me to eat my soup with!  Do you think he is trying to tell me something? ;P