Trick or Treat

Last night was our trick or treat night. The kids were all excited, especially Carson. Caitlyn dressed up as a cheetah, Colton was a bloody guy, Chandler was the scary guy from "Scream" and Carson was Bumblebee from Transformers.

Finding Old Friends

I finally jumped on the bandwagon and joined the rest of the world on Facebook. I can't believe how many of my old childhood friends I have been able to reconnect with! It's so strange to see how much people have changed and where their lives have taken them.
This past Saturday, Charles and I went to his 20 year high school reunion. He felt the same way about seeing some of his old friends and classmates. It was kind of funny because the room was broken up into different cliques. There was the group of cheerleaders, the group of jocks, the band people and then the rest who really didn't fit into any sort of group. I guess some things never change.

Last week we ordered Caitlyn's graduation stuff. Still so hard to believe this is her last year of high school. Last night we were at Target and she mentioned that for her 18th birthday, we should go have dinner at The Melting Pot. I looked at her and said "18th?" She looked at me puzzled. It took me a minute because for some reason I thought she was only 16. She just laughed. Either I'm in denial of her getting older or I'm getting old and can't remember things!

Another Trip To Children's

Last night Carson and Chandler were wrestling and goofing around like all boys do and Carson fell to the ground. He immediately started crying. Charles and I ran over to him and he kept saying over and over that his arm hurt and he wanted it to work again. We thought he was just being overly dramatic but when one of us tried touching his arm he would grimace and cry even harder, so we thought it best to take him to Children's Urgent Care.

Luckily we were able to get there an hour before they closed so it wasn't too busy. The nurse came and took us back to the x-ray area. The x-ray tech had Carson sit on a stool and then he took Carson's arm and started twisting it and trying to get it in position to take an x-ray. Charles had to stand behind him and keep him from holding onto his arm with his other hand. Carson howled in pain and cried and it was all I could do to keep from crying myself. Afterwards, we were led back to a room to wait for the x-ray to be developed. The doctor came in about 10 minutes later and told us there were no breaks or fractures. We were relieved. She said it looked like from the way he was holding his arm kind of limply that he might have what's called Nursemaid's Elbow. It's caused by a sudden jerk to the forearm. Like when you pull on someone's arm. She asked if that had happened to Carson and we told her it's possible that when Chandler and Carson were wrestling, Chandler could have tugged on his arm. She said the way to fix it would be to basically pop it back into place. She took Carson's arm and as quick as she could, did so. She said she felt it pop back in. Sure enough not more than a couple minutes later, Carson's arm was fine and he was moving it normally again. She told us that since this happened to him, the chances were likely that it could happen again so he'd have to be careful. She also said that it was good that we brought him in so quickly because the longer you let it go, the harder it is to pop back into place. The nurse came back in with a popsicle and sticker and needless to say Carson was back to his old self once again.

With this latest incident, I am now officially ready for 2009 to be over with!

Would Sending My Kids Out In Gas Masks Be Bad??

This whole flu bug/H1N1 thing has me panicking. I'm not so much worried about me and Carson catching it because we are pretty much home most of the time. It's the other four people in the household that has me worried. Caitlyn and Colton are both at the high school which has a gazillion kids and Chandler at the middle school makes me wonder what the odds are that one of them will bring it home. Not to mention Charles and all the people that filter in and out of his office.
I checked with the kids Dr. today and they have not received their shipment of shots. They don't want anyone calling their office either so now I have to check their website daily to see if and when they will receive the shots. In the meantime I have stocked up on anti-bacterial lotions and soaps and always carry wipes to wipe off carts and anything else the kids touch while we are out. I make them wash their hands a billion times as well. They are going to have permanent pruny skin! Better safe than sorry though.

I Hate Goodbyes

Mom left this morning. I was sad to see her go. While she was here, we took the kids apple picking and to Chuck E Cheese. She did all the cooking for the week and it was so nice not to have to figure out what to have for dinner. She is the best cook! I did bake some banana bread and strawberry bread for her to show my appreciation for all that she did. She loves my fresh baked breads! I hope she comes again soon. We all miss her already.







Mom and Colton scoping out the best apples.


Chandler did not understand that the objective was to PICK as many apples as he could not to EAT as many as he could!


Boys and their fascination of climbing trees!


I call him my bodyguard and what's sad is he's not even done growing yet!





Mom gets her money's worth when she picks apples!


My niece Maddie