Navy did pretty well in his stroller today.
We had an appointment at Fort Wayne Orthopedics to get him fitted for a pediatric walker. Yes, it is ridiculously cute to see him hop along with his walker.
Hopefully, we don’t have any medical visits until his ortho follow-up.
*fingers crossed*
After a busy day of drop offs, pick ups, and errands, I took the kids to the park to run off some energy. It was a nice day, and there were still some patches of snow on the ground.
They were playing so well together. Swinging on the monkey bars giggling. I hung back because my mere presence seems to tip the balance.
They moved to the slide/climbing platform to play ogre tag. I don’t know the rules they made up, and I really don’t think they do either. They were just having fun and sliding into little piles of snow at the ends of the slides.
Then, it happened. He jumped.
He landed on his feet and seemed to be okay. He tried to stand up and started to fuss before sitting in the wet snow.
I took his boot off, and there was no obvious trauma, but he refused to stand on his own.
My boy was hurt.
Thankfully, RediMed is really close to the park.
While I was filling out his paperwork, he was talking around the waiting room to get to the toys. I started to think he was faking it.
During the exam, he only had pain in one spot. When asked why he jumped, he told the PA that his sister dared him to. An x-ray was ordered, just to be on the safe side.
Navy broke his 3rd and 4th tarsals.
He wasn’t faking it. He broke two bones in his foot. Since he has jumped off of the x-ray table (yes, really), we were referred to Fort Wayne Orthopedics for a cast.
After a rough evening, we had a fast food dinner and headed home.
Navy was so exhausted from his day!
He will be in this cast for 2 weeks, then we go back to see how the bone is healing.
Tomorrow, we need to see about getting him a walker.
Fun times!
Cookie Decorating Essentials
One of my fabulous co-workers suggested that we do a cookie/treat exchange at work. I loved the idea. After all, I like to bake and decorate.
I’m terrible at cut-out cookies.
The dough doesn’t roll right. The cookies rip when I transfer them from the counter to the cookies sheet. The edges end up burned.
So, I bought Holiday Cut-Out Cookies from Market Day. I’m not a fan of the frosting, so I also got Betty Crocker Whipped icing and decors.
Lily got to decorate first. She got 6 of each cookie (snowmen, stars, trees), half of the candies, and 4 decor shakers.
We attempted to have her do the icing before decorating, but that wasn’t working out well, so I iced and she decorated.
Navy had fallen asleep while the first batch was in the oven, so he decorated his after dinner.
He got the remaining cookies and candies, but only 3 shakes. I thought the one “holly” shaker would be too messy.
He did really well. Didn’t lick or eat any cookies he wasn’t supposed to. Didn’t stick his fingers in the frosting.
I can definitely see our family repeating this next Christmas, hopefully with homemade cookies!
Got a good (fool proof) cut-out cookie recipe?
Snowball fight!!
Well, the storm that the weather people have been forecasting for days finally arrived. It was about 3 hours late. The beginning had me worried that I would have 2 disappointed kids.
I felt horrible for how the Santa Train ride turned out last weekend. We went right after lunch, which resulted in a 2 hour wait. My camera wasn’t fully charged and shut off when we were next in line for the train.
Last Chance!
Location: Fort Wayne Railroad History Society
Date: Dec. 21
Time: 10a – 4p
Cost: Adults $4, Children $3
Minivan Mayhem 