OF COURSE!!!!!

So here is an update on Todd and the broken foot. Friday we got up on time, got the kids ready not only for a regular day at school, but picture day! Clothes ironed, hair fixed just right, breakfast, and out the door by 8;40, then away to the doctor we went. The day was going so smoothly we even had time to stop at Starbucks for a yummy green tea latte. Traffic, not a problem. Arrived just perfect for our 9:45 appointment. We didn't even have to wait long to see the doctor. WOW! Not normal for us at all!

Doctor Nickish came in looked at Todd's foot, ordered the routine x-rays. Told him 4 more weeks of non-weight baring, and he would like to see us then and we would discuss physical therapy. So it looks like Todd will be walking by Christmas!!! Yeah!

Well that is about where our smooth day ended!

The doctor had told Todd from the beginning to plan on his foot swelling for about a year or so. But as we were wrapping up our appointment Todd asked him if it was normal for his foot to be swelling so big and so fast. (if Todd doesn't have his foot up it will swell pretty big in about 5 minutes, plus he keeps getting Charley Horses in the back of his calf .) Well that was all he had to say!
Before we knew it we were on our way to the hospital for a Doppler ultra sound.

Of Course!!! Not only does Todd have one blood clot, he has two!!!! Just when we were thinking we have handled the past 2 1/2 months OK, and the nightmare was almost over, well now there is just an entirely new layer. He gets to let me give him shots in the stomach twice a day for the next 5 days of a pretty hefty blood thinner, plus he takes 2 pills a day of another blood thinner for at least the next 3 months. He also gets his blood drawn 2 times a week so they can keep track of the medication levels in his blood to make sure he isn't getting too much or too little. And then he will have multiple visits to the thrombosis clinic. At least this wont add time on to his recovery!! But hey you never know!

These past 2 1/2 months have been a real challenge for Todd!! He doesn't do well just sitting. I honestly think there are days when he is going to loose his mind.
Not being able to go to work has been very hard for him. ( But secretly I am pretty sure he has loved not being able to mow the lawn or do any yard work, and I know he is pretty happy about missing out on our 30 bags of leaves when they start to fall) He has at least been able to continue with school, doing on line classes. That at least gives him something to do part of the time. And even though this isn't lengthening his recovery time, I think he feels like this is just one more thing.

Not a great week for him!!

Goin Fishin

So with our dad being broken we have had to be somewhat creative with our activities. I mean lets be honest there are only so many kids movies, and it gets pretty boring renting, plus we are suffering from cabin fever oh so bad!

So the other day on the way to the dump with the neighbors( everything requires help these days) we took the new Legacy Highway, there are a lot of things west of us that we didn't really know were there, we saw a little fishing lake. I guess it has been there a while ,but like I said didn't know it existed until the Legacy went in. Anyway we noticed that it had paved paths, handicapped parking and ramps to get up onto the docks.

We thought that would be a new and fun activity to take the kids to do, and Todd could go with us. So off to Dick's sporting goods we went got the kids a couple of fishing poles, Todd and I a fishing license and we were set.

We loaded up the fishing gear, Todds grandpas old tackle box, and a few snacks. ready to catch a fish or two. Well, the little lake has potential, and I'm not sure if we just caught it on a bad day but, lets just say it needs a bit of a clean up crew. But, I had my hand sanitizer I was just going to look the other way, so I did, and the other way was worse, nothing like a dead raccoon floating in the water. Dock much cleaner!!!!!!!!

We had a good time though, especially after we moved to the dock . Daisy caught a fish, almost had it all the way reeled in and it got away with her power bait. Cullen loved it and by the time we were leaving he was doing a pretty good job casting without almost hooking us in the forehead.

We will definitely do this again, hey we will probably even try Bountiful Pond again,(mainly because it is close) but it was a great way to kill an evening, and get us out of the house for a while!!!

End of Summer- Start of School

Well it's official, maybe not on the calender, but summer is over!!! The kids are back in school. One whole week to be exact. WOW!!! I must say it is very strange to have both kids in the classroom all day.

Daisy loves it! She is so glad that she is finally one of the big shots. She loves her teacher, I think she feels like she already knows her. Daisy has Mrs. Beeson, Cullen's teacher from last year, she is wonderful! I love it she is so excited to come home and give me a full report of the things that happened in her day, everything from who she played with , what the teacher said, to what she ate for lunch. Much different from Cullen. He never wants to bother with the details of school. He comes home and is ready to move on with the next project. He also has a great teacher, Mrs. Cella. This is her last year, so she has been teaching for quite a while, she is like a cute little grandma, so Cullen relates to her very well. Even though some days he wants to go back to Mrs. Beeson's class. (He hates change.)

It certainly makes for a very long day for me so far, I know that will change when the year really gets started. I get to be the room mother for Daisy's class again, and I get to help quite a few days in Cullen's class. Plus I am doing 3 bulletin boards so far this year.

I have a lot of friends say, "Why don't you enjoy your quiet time at home, why spend so much time at school?" I guess that my answer to that would be 1st of all, I have 2 kids, I have never wanted to be anything else but a mom, so where else should I be. And 2nd Cullen requires a bit of extra time from his teachers, and I feel if they see me there putting time in then they are going to be more willing to give him the extra help he needs. Usually that works!!

Even though I am sad to see the summer go, we are looking forward to a great school year.