Jinx...

So, I totally jinxed poor Silas a couple weeks ago when talking with Yasmine. We were chatting about injuries and how Mason had broken his arm and Ella had gotten stitches.  But then I said "I've never had to take Silas to the ER...knock on wood."

Sure as heck, less than 24 hours later, there we were - Children's Hospital.
Poor kid was shooting baskets in the hoop out back, dunking like he's done 100 times and slipped, fell back and landed the wrong way on his arm.
I was working in my office, but heard his crying.  A LOT of crying that wasn't followed by "Ella did (blank)" or "Ella called me a (blank)."  I knew something was pretty hurt.

When I got upstairs I saw he was already laying on the couch, holding his arm and looked to be in a lot of pain. Huge grimace face and teethed clinched.  Not moving the arm and it looked swollen to me.
So...after asking our neighbor doc in our old house and then calling Jodi...to Children's we headed.
It wasn't obvious to me at the time, but what I thought was swelling was actually the bone being all out of whack.

 He had to put a mask on because he had a little allergy cough...

This was post-knock-you-out medicine to get the arm set.  He remembers nothing within seconds of getting the medicine.  He was pretty out of it after for awhile.  He told Ella that she had 4 eyebrows.

After he started coming out of it, he was a little scared because his eyes were all blurry and he couldn't remember what had happened and how the cast got on.  Ella was a really great big sister and was so sweet, talking to him and telling him about it and not to worry.  She was trying to distract him with funny stuff. He was so brave and such a trooper with the doctors and nurses.  Didn't shed a tear or flinch at all with all the poking and prodding.  He was a very brave boy!

He had a rough evening - was tired and out of it but by the next day, he was getting back in the swing of things.

Popsicles definitely made it feel better!

And 3 days later, he was ready for a little fun!  We went to Sarah's graduation party and Si was able to swim with the old XeroSock thing that we had when Mason broke HIS arm.  It is a total pain in the butt but worth it so that he could swim and have some fun.

Now, we go back tomorrow and hope that they can put a 1/2 cast that is waterproof on it in the next 1-2 weeks. Before all the cousins get here for our July party!

:)

A Lesson Learned (the painful way...) updated

Sometimes in life, there are lessons that one must learn oneself.  No one thought to tell you any differently.  I had one of those lessons today.

Several weeks ago Ella pointed out to me that I have a bit of a mustache* (surely the sunlight was hitting just the right way and it was more obvious at that moment).  I've had it on my list of to do's: "purchase hair removal paraphernalia" but have not been at the right place at the right time to do so.  

Mason and I made a trip to the Food Lion this morning to get our spring break groceries. We decided to go over to the Dollar Tree to grab a few other things. While browsing the aisles, I happened upon personal care items and there...several "hair removal" items to chose from. 


After examining the options for several minutes, I decided on this product - it's only a $1 right?  Not a big deal if it doesn't work.

Lesson 1: Some things are best not purchased at the Dollar Tree (even if it's "only a $1")

Lesson 2: If something doesn't come with How to Use instructions, don't think "how hard can it be?"

Lesson 3:  Never take sandpaper to your upper lip**

Lesson 4: If you choose to ignore Lesson 3, do not take a beach walk in the sea salty air because it burns like a mother!

* we should all be blessed with a 7 year old that points this kind of stuff out to us

** I consider this to be the moral of the story


If you are smarter than thee (it has been said that I might be a little more "book smart" than "common sense" smart) - heed my warning and learn from my mistakes. 

Update:
Uncle Tim had to send me his 2 cents...

I'm doing much better now by the way - no longer in pain but I'm not ready to try any new methods just yet :-)

Frozen or On the Rocks?

Yes please...unfortunately, Justin had a bit of an accident today while putting down the floors. When he was cutting the wood, a piece shot out of the saw doing about 50 mph and tagged him in the you-know-what - luckily we're both pretty much on the same page as far as 3 kids being a good number for us.

He spent several hours after that incident with a baggie of ice down his pants -

But despite the incident, good progress was made today on the floors - the really tough stuff of getting in the pantry area and under the oven was completed. We did discover 2 decent sized scratches today too. Justin was complaining but I told him (as I mentioned before we got the real wood floors) - I refuse to baby the heck out of them and get upset when they get scratched - just like our stainless steel kitchen table - or a new car - scratch it and get it over with (no, I didn't scratch the floor on purpose!)



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Lots of weather excitement today as Ike cleared a path through Ohio. Trees were bending over, flower pots and lawn chairs were flying, roofs were puking up shingles...it was quite something. Pretty much everyone around town lost power - except for our neighborhood. I had to tell Ella it could be a "twister" so that she'd stay inside. She vegged on the couch and watched The Wizard of Oz :)

School has been canceled because of all the power outages-

Mason will be thrilled!

Floor update

The family room floor is one strip away from being completed!!! Tim and Justin worked on it all day yesterday - and we've got Greg, Kevin and Keith helping out today and tomorrow...hopefully we can get the dining area and hallway done this weekend. Man-oh-man, it looks awesome!

Tear out on the dining area linoleum - getting it ready for the hardwood

Speaking of hard floors...Silas wiped out on the concrete yesterday and took one on the chin...