Snuggle Muffins

Ian is so cute. If he sees someone having a rest, he just can't resist joining in.

This is about 5 days after Alex's hand got broken. 

You can kind of see how much more purple his fingers got. Fun stuff.

Christmas and Winter artwork! 

Cuties

I found these cute snow hats for the kids. It serves a dual purpose of keeping them warm and making them even more adorable than they already are!

Three Breaks, You're Out!

After Will got his buckle fracture right before Fall Break, Alex got a similar buckle fracture on Thanksgiving Break. Maybe it's the word "break" .... Anyway, it healed pretty quick, only 3 weeks in a splint. Then, the first week in January, I was cutting Will's hair in the bathroom and he passed out and fell like a soldier, hitting the bathtub with his face. He rolled over, completely out and I started screaming for Kimball because I couldn't lift him up. Luckily, he only had a cut on his chin that didn't even need stitches, but they did a lot of tests in the ER to check his blood sugars, heart, hydration, etc. I had asked him to stand up for his haircut, which I have never done before because I wasn't feeling well. I think he locked his knees and got light headed. Anyway, I have to say I prefer the breaks and kids crying to someone unconscious for sure! 

So, as I mentioned earlier, Jane's birthday party was exciting because Ella and Alex decided to go down the biggest slide at kangaroo zoo together. Alex slid faster and Ella landed on his hand, breaking three fingers toward the bottom of his palm. I still made him play with his hand broken, too. As he got hurt just a few minutes after we got there, I told him if he didn't play a little, he wouldn't get any cupcakes... 

Mom of the year award, right here! 

We wrapped his arm for a couple days 'til the swelling went down. 

We had this nice kid sized sling  that Will got after his first break...

Here we are at the Doctor's office just before Alex got his cast on. 

Luckily, it was the opposite arm from his first break and not his writing hand this time.

See the blue fingers? They turned a really dark purple after a few more days.

The center of his hand was purple, too. 

The x-rays showed the break was actually down in his palm at the base of the fingers.

He chose a blue cast and man was that thing rock hard! We were so happy when it finally came off!!!

I'd like to say we've had enough breaks to last a while now, but I did that after the second one, so I'm done trying to put a stop to it. I'm grateful we at least made it as long as we did without any major injuries. 

One Month Later...

Well, it's exactly one month since I took a picture. We all caught the flu, one by one, the kids dropped like flies, then, on New Year's Eve, it claimed it's last victim. The flu came with a cold attached, on the 10th day, I came down with a new cold, in the middle of that I developed a sinus infection... Plus, it's really, really cold! Let's just say, we made it through January.

Alex being cute. The stuffing is starting to come out of his huge pillow pet!

Ella got to go to two birthday parties today! We went to kangaroo zoo and Breanne's house for Jane's birthday. Then, she went to a twin birthday party after that! She got a little face painting done along with her nails. Then, our babysitter came, which the kids always love. Today was exciting for another reason as well, which I will get to in the next post....