After Playing "Miner" at Nana's Heather Broke Her Tooth.

I suggested they stop with one word games - they seem to be deadly!  Miner consisted of throwing rocks as hard as you can on the ground to break them open and see the sparkles and "treasure".  The next morning we headed to the dentist where the dentist was quite put out at the sight she had to deal with - she was able to rebuild her tooth out of composite.  Heather was quite pleased to inform me at the end of the day that "her plastic tooth was still in her mouth".  She was quite put out at possibly being scarred for life!

The Next Day They Were Invited to a Bowling Party.

Trevor couldn't get the swing of tossing a ball one handed but Heather was a little pro.

Trevor Turned 7!

He opted for a moonbounce park party and we had the "glow experience" and a Skylanders theme.  The kids had a great time!  They ran in the dark with glow necklaces and went crazy.  Afterwards they had pizza and cake.  I haven't seen Trevor smile that much when he's not fishing!

 

 

Once Trevor figured out about the glow he was happy to put this shirt on they gave him and cover his Skylanders shirt. 

 Trevor gave me a thumbs up on my creation.  It only took me two times to make it.  The first attempt collapsed on itself due to the weight.

 

 

Trevor with his friend Anthony being little hams.

Chaos Adds a New Friend to the Mix.

With the government shutdown and Eric furloughed as well, it was quite easy to tell Heather no when she asked if she could have a kitten.  However, Heather can now read and as soon as she saw "SHUTDOWN OVER" on the television she promptly ordered her uncle to pick up the phone and order her kitten.  Thus "fur-lough" has been added to our house.  We don't have a real name for her yet.  The committee cannot agree on a consensus.  Heather is in absolute love with her.

Funny Trevor Story.

Heather was playing a videogame that involved scuba divers.  Trevor starts yelling at her about bikinis and how she's not wearing them (in the game) and how he doesn't need to see her stomach.  I poke my head out and see Heather is "shopping" for various bathing suit options/wetsuits for her character.  I then come out and partially lift my shirt and say hey Trevor!  I'm wearing a bikini......Trevor yells "FOR SHAME WOMAN.  FOR. SHAME"  We laughed so hard.  Where does he get this stuff?!

Family Update

Most of you know why the blog's been so silent.  

Just an update to let everyone know that things are getting back to normal slowly.  For those that don't know, Mom had emergency surgery last Saturday for ruptured colon (diverticulitus) and Mike had his spinal fusion surgery on Monday.  Dad and I have been going floor to floor at Fairfax for a week trying to maintain care for both of them.  Mike and Mom are now both at my parents after both being released this weekend and hopefully this week will be one of recovery for both of them. Mike is slowly getting around the street and walking without a walker.  Mom is slowly moving as well and also walker free!

I'm back to the craziness of life on Capitol Hill for now.  Thank you for all the prayers - if you want to help they can always use food I'm sure!

Sprained Wrist Was Worth It.

This weekend Heather was enjoying the great weather while I was inside dealing with Trevor who had the stomach flu.  She was next door and having a ball with a bunch of boxes.  The game was "box".  You climb into a long skinny box and have someone push you over so you fall face first. Anyways she woke up a day later with wrist pain and it was the same arm and location she broke previous so off to the ER we went. Luckily its a small sprain, she has a removable cast and all is well!  She even went back to school the same day.  The office ladies at the school acted like I was a monster for making her go.  The Assistant Principal asked her what happened and Heather explained.  She said was it worth it?  Heather's response?! DEFINITELY.  IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.  I suggested perhaps we shouldn't play box any more.....here she is mugging it for the camera.