Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Locked out, yes, again...

Seriously, how many times are my kids going to lock me out of places... This time we were at the Chick-fil-A. I had just put Carson and Marcus in the car and my purse on the passenger seat. Then as I was walking around the car to go buckle Carson into his carseat, he jumps the seat and totally locks the door. Then I sit there for like 10 minutes trying to convince them to open the door for me and they just sit there laughing like it's the funniest thing ever. I threatened to take away all kinds of things, toys, TV, their bikes... I even told Carson if he didn't open the door I was going to put his bike in the garbage can and he tells me, "No mom, you can't, it's too big..." Nice that my 3-year-old totally sees right through my bluff. Eventually he did open the door and let's just say they are in big trouble. I don't think there will be any TV or bike riding at our house for a while... And I guess I need to make sure I always have my car key on me and not with my mischevious boys in the car!

Joy School Graduation


Carson's Joy School Graduation was yesterday. I can't believe it's already been a whole year! It's been a good experience for both of us and I enjoyed being involved in his learning process. It was also a lot of fun teaching the other kids and getting to know them. The Graduation program was a bit of a fiasco so we actually ended up leaving before it even started. My kids had waited around for almost a half hour for it to start and when it still hadn't, they were just done. They also decided to do the program outside right next to their trampoline and that caused huge drama for Carson who wanted to jump on it but can't because he has a broken elbow. So I decided it wasn't worth it and we left. We had our own little celebration later when Jake got home. I got him some cupcakes which Carson automatically thinks if there's cake then there's candles, so we let him blow out a candle on his cupcake. To him that was probably way better than any graduation program! Good job Carson, we are so proud of you! :)

Thursday, May 21, 2009

So much for not having a cast...

I went up to Primary Children's yesterday and Carson wasn't able to get around having a cast. He did really good while they took X-rays and put the cast on. He is so talkative he just asks all kinds of questions while they are working on him, he kept saying what are you doing? what's that? what for? what does that do? I'm sure the nurses got sick of 20 questions with him! But he was really good. I was a little dissapointed at first that he had to get a cast but now I think it's actually better. I think it will protect his elbow more when he falls since he's fallen down on his arm like every day since it happened! I think it won't hurt him so much. I can tell he was already feeling better today because he came up to me and said, Mom! My arm doesn't hurt anymore, it's all better! Then he wanted to take the cast off... Ya unfortunately can't do that for a while... He has to wear it for 4weeks but the good news is that he gets it off 2 days before we go to California! I was afraid he wasn't going to be able to go swimming or to the beach or anything but looks like he'll be able to so YAY!! :)

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Fractured Elbow

So we were at our ward party Saturday night and Carson was playing with a bunch of kids on the merry-go-round. It got going a little too fast for him and he couldn't hold on. He fell off and landed on his arm. He was in pain last night and then ended up falling asleep on the couch after we got home so we figured we'd wait till morning and see if it was any better. He woke up all night long, probably every time he laid on it and then woke up with the pain. This morning he was still really guarding it and wouldn't hold anything or lift his arm so we decided to take him in to the instacare. The doctor was examining his arm and he kept saying the funniest things. She asked him if he could bend it a certain way and after he did he said, "My arm's all better, it's not broken anymore!" Then the doctor asked him to touch a pen up in the air and he looks at her like, hello easy! And touches it with his good arm. When she asked him to touch it with his other arm he said, "I don't want to." After she finally got him to, she did another little test and asked him to do it and just shook his head and said, "I can't, my arm hurts." It was cute. He was a trooper and through it all has been a pretty tough kid. They did X-rays and determined there is a fracture in the elbow. I'm supposed to take him to Primary Children's in the next two days to their fracture clinic so a radiologist can look at the X-rays and a specialist for kid fractures can look at it. She said with most elbow fractures they usually don't do a cast because it takes away their range of motion later. So he'll probably have a splint and sling like he has now. Poor kid... I feel so bad for him! :(

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Sneaky, Sneaky...

So today I gave Marcus some smarties and told him to eat them at the table because I didn't want Shalise reaching them. She tends to swallow things without chewing so I wasn't sure I wanted her to have any. Well a few minutes later I heard Shalise giggling, it takes me a minute to find her and this is what I see: Shalise standing under the table with Marcus sneaking her smarties. So funny, what a nice brother! :)

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Broken Toe

So I broke my toe this morning with a crowbar. How did I break my toe with a crowbar you might ask? Well Carson likes to play with this bin of Jake's tools that is on the floow in the garage. The same bin that I've been asking him to put up somewhere for days... Well Carson was "fixing" his bike with the crowbar, why a crowbar? I have no idea, but it got stuck and I came over to help him get it out just as he yanks it out. It flies in the air and comes down right on top of my big toe. Carson immediately starts saying, "I'm sorry Mom! I didn't mean to, I'm sorry, I won't hurt you anymore, I'm sorry!" He felt so bad. Good thing I love the kid so much because man did it hurt!! I was absolutely dying for like an hour after it happened and decided to go to the instacare. It's a hairline fracture, so just enough to be broken but not enough to do anything about it. The bottom part of my toenail was completely blue from the blood under it so they did poke a hole in my toenail to drain the blood. I don't know if it was the needle, or the blood, the pain or all of the above but I just about passed out. She asked me if I was ok because my face was white and I was like ya, I think I'm going to lay down, a little lightheaded... So after all that I really can't do much for it but suffer through the pain until it starts feeling better. I have a walking shoe which helps since I can't wear any of my normal shoes without excrutiating pain. So if you have a three-year-old and a crowbar, I would probably keep them away from eachother... :)

Friday, May 1, 2009

Cute Kids

I got the three kids to sit still long enough to take a picture. It's been a while since I've had all three in a picture. They were cute, giggling and laughing, they think of it more as a dog pile than a picture! I also put a couple pictures of Marcus trying to give Shalise hugs. He's very affectionate but I think Shalise think of him more as her "mauler". She doesn't always love it, but that doesn't stop Marcus from trying! :)