The first break

Last Sunday came and was almost gone before I realized that someone was injured. After dinner the boys were playing near the time-out chair which is located by a table that I have in a niche out side the kitchen. I remember telling the boys to stop climbing on the table and off they went to do something else. I continued to clean up from dinner and I heard Travis cry (his "I'm hurt cry") and I ran to him...I don't remember where he was, but I remember cradling him on the couch and asking where he was hurt. He didn't respond and he stopped crying about a minute later. Typical. At bedtime about two hours later I noticed Travis wasn't using his left hand at all. I called Mike in and he noticed that his thumb was swollen and it hurt to touch it. Off to the ER we went. Xrays were ordered and it was discovered that Travis had a broken thumb. It's not fractured/broken like most bones, it's what they call a buckle fracture; the bone is bent.

We had a hand specialist appt on Thursday at Children's Hospital and they decided to cast it for three weeks. There is also a bump on this thumb and that could be an issue after the cast is taken off. It's possible that he may have a trigger thumb - it should heal itself but if not then he will need surgery to correct it!

Can you guess what Travis' favorite color is?














He seems to get along pretty well with the cast, which goes up all the way to the shoulder.  The dr explained that they usually go way up with the cast on skinny kids.  They tend to wiggle out of their casts. It's going to be a long three weeks- but thankfully it's not 6-8.

Just a little help

Sunday morning began as usual...6 a.m. When I asked what they wanted for breakfast Logan pipped up and said "Pancakes". I didn't have any more boxed pancake mix and there was no talking him out of pancakes. So....I broke out my Texas cookbook and went to the page that has my favorite pancake recipe. Boy, did I have help making pancakes that morning. .

Sunday evening was quite the night as well...there was a "first" but that is another blog post

Back to school

Lauren is now the big middle schooler.  The first week of school I didn't have to wake her up, today is the fourth week of school and we are back to the alarm clock.  She gets to sleep in until 7:30 since she doesn't have to be to school until almost 9 a.m. but doesn't get out until after 4 so it makes for a long day for her and a short evening for me.

The boys started their Mommys Day Out program two weeks ago and they are going twice a week instead of once a week. I haven't been able to enjoy my days out because I've been catching up with all my errands (car repair, hair appts, etc) that I've neglected during the summer.  This week nothing is planned except grocery shopping.

All three boys with their backpacks - took forever for this picture to happen.

Travis

Ian

Logan

The boys teacher is wonderful. She is helping with potty training and even mentioned that Ian can come to class with underwear on Tuesday. Really? I'll pack a few extra pair of pants just.in.case!

3 Big boy beds

I always said that I would keep the boys in their cribs until they started crawling out.  Well that day happened in the middle of July.  Ian is the one that would scale his crib and snuggle with us in our bed; you really didn't think it was Logan or Travis did you?  I've had three toddler beds in the upstairs "storage" room for the past 6 months dreading waiting for the day to transition the boys to toddler beds.

The boys loved their beds....loved them so much that sleep was not what they had in mind.  That was Sunday night....Mike left for an almost week long trip to Ottawa on Tuesday morning.  Let's say that we probably should have left them in their cribs just a week or two longer.  It was a rough two weeks...without Mike helping with bedtime.  The boys didn't want to nap in their beds so Mike suggested that I put their nap mats in the living room during nap time and make the room dark - and it worked.  Mom was able to get a couple of hours back during the day to spend with Lauren or to prepare dinner.  Bedtime was still rough and at times it still is.

The boys were in their new beds for about a month before I sold the last crib and dresser. So once the dresser was sold....we high tailed it to Ikea to pick up a new somewhat matching dresser for large amount of clothes that these boys have.  I have pics of Mike putting it together and having lots and lots of help but I can't find them right now. 














These two pictures show what the room looks like today....still.  I have ideas and am following through in decorating their room.  It entails a couple movie posters, vinyl names for the wall, subway art, and some canvas prints.  Hopefully it will all come together very soon.  When it happens..there will be a blog post about it.

Playdates - summer recap

We attended a couple playdates this summer and I only took my camera to one...the one where we had the most kids ;-)

My friend Crystal and I hung out with our 8 kids a lot this summer. We went to two splash parks and had some fun at her house.

This playdate was a little special for all of us. We had two sets of triplets, one set of twins, and a mamma without multiples but had a large family.

Lauren is enjoying some one on one time with Max.

































Look at that playroom - I tend to stay in there myself...It looks like a bunch of fun.

















Four mammas and a bunch of kids (15 to be exact)


















Look at me getting caught up. Only a few more posts and I'll be back on track and discussing back to school! But for now I'm busy getting the kids clothes and toys ready for a consignment sale and I have to drop off tomorrow evening....and I haven't printed out the tags or anything...so I'll be quiet on blogger here for a couple of days!

then came 4th of July - summer recap part 2

After Aunt Brenda left, we celebrated July 4th with a parade here in town. Mike brought the shade umbrella and we were the talk of the sidewalk. We were the only ones with shade and it was already hot at 9:30 a.m.


















Mr. Ian


















Travis, Ian, Logan


















Mom trying to get all the sticky stuff of fingers. I forgot that they throw candy at the parade....since it's a million degrees out they throw hard candy like suckers. I hate being sticky!


















See I delivered another post! Let's see if I can do another one soon!

Where did the summer go? (part 1)

I'll admit I have a lot of material for blog posts and I've procrastinated in uploading photos, blog posts, etc. Where do I begin??

Aunt Brenda was here a few days after the boys birthday and she helped us get the boys outside to use their scooters.


















































Ian had Aunt Brenda drawing for him....she apparently takes direction very well.

















A picture of Mike and I (I know...rare huh)!


















Apparently I have to put veggies in a huge tray for someone (Logan) to eat it! Whatever it takes!


















OK I did it. My first blog post in over a month...it should get easier from here! Yeah I've heard that before!

Part 2 coming soon!!