Another week has flown by!

Whew, life just does not slow down!
We just got back from the E.R. - Michael took a digger on his mountain bike and has a slight fracture in his radial head of his elbow (ie: broken elbow). He is feeling (and looking!) much better now that the percoset (sp?) has kicked in and he is resting peacefully in bed with his arm propped up in a splint. He will return to an orthopedist in 3 days to hear more about what needs to be done, but it surgery has been ruled out, which is good news!

Madelyn had a great time at the hospital - she thoroughly enjoyed her self... we looked in all of the empty rooms, made a few new friends with various scrapes and bruises, learned all about the equipment in Michael's room, and even got some new crayons/coloring book and stickers! I hope not to return for quite a while, but as far as ER visits go, it was a hit:)

I am back at school as of last week, kids come on Wednesday. And many a mile to go before I sleep... My phone is still resting with the huckleberries, but the new one will hopefully arrive in the next day or two and I'll be back to fully functional, in the phone realm at least!

Here are some random pictures from the last 2 weeks... self portraits, Madelyn's new love of pig-tails and pony tails, and some table-chat.






Oh, and a picture of Madelyn's chocolate cake (which she mentions in the movie clip). On Friday, there was a party at preschool for one of the teachers who was leaving. Madelyn sweet-talked a piece of cake from that teacher as we were leaving. I told Madelyn that she had to save it for after dinner. Somehow, she (again) sweet talked me into letting her hold it in the back seat. "I not gonna eat it, just hold it, Mama..." I had my doubts, but it was a low risk experiment..... amazingly, we were in the car for at least 30 minutes and here's that piece of cake with only a few finger pokes and a lick or two on the frosting! I took a picture of it because I thought it showed such amazing self restraint for a 2 year old! I wouldn't have been able to do it myself!?

fun with Leah

Leah was over yesterday afternoon and look at all of the fun! These two certainly know how to push each others' buttons like sisters, but they love being with each other just as much!

Huck Season!

Huckleberries have arrived! Here is a clip that is a combo of a weekend picking trip and today's adventure with the Lewis' clan! Fun times!

more fish fun

Man, these fish are so much fun for Madelyn! She decorated the tank with a few extra found rocks from the driveway, we've got a plant in it that she can't keep away from, and she fed them their "stinky food" tonight after dinner...

Madelyn's first pets!

My latest find at Browse N' Buy (our local thrift store) inspired us to pile into the car and get Madelyn her first pet(s) today. You would think that getting gold fish would be as simple as going to the local pet store... few things are that simple in Jackson!

The local pet store went out of business last year and the closest pet store is now in Driggs (up and over the pass, North through Victor, and then to Driggs). We couldn't go through Victor without stopping at our friends' house to visit and feed their horse carrots. And of course on the way home (with 4 fish in our hot, hot car) we had to make a potty and snack stop... it was a 4+ hour affair! And well worth it:)

Madelyn picked out the 4 fish, and the green rocks by herself. She didn't seem too interested in much else in the pet store, she only had an eye for fish today!

Here's Madelyn naming her new friends. Henry was a name she had predetermined before we even got the fish, but the others just came to her. I love that she named the white fish "Apple," - she was thinking of her favorite white horse at the Snow King stables, where we often walk and loiter for hours. Where the other names came from, I have no idea!