Fun stuff first...my Mother-in-law, ok, Grandma Julie :) has been saving up for a year to take all 10 grandkids that live here to build a bear. This sounded like a real fiasco, but was actually kind of fun :) All the kids picked out their animals and grandma paid. The kids had a blast. I was there with my 3 kids, Rachel and Walter with their 5 (Brianna, Nathan, Eric, Emily, Ryan), Matt and Jeanette with their 2 (Whitney and Chris), and Grandma and Grandpa Cameron. Grandma survived and the kids played together very well, as usual at her house afterwards.
Now on to the other events...First of all, Morgan had to had her adnoids taken out and tubes put in her ears on March 18th. That was only a week after we were told we were having twins and all the complications we were faced with. But, as any stay home mom knows, you just have to plough through it! Fortunately, it was a quick out patient surgery, but of course juggling kids and dragging myself out of bed early in the morning is not ever my strong suit....especially now. All went well and she did great. she is a much happier girl now and is starting to say more words than before. Shortly after this surgery, little Tom decided to play outside. Ok, this may not sound monumental to you, but I usually have to command him to do so! Much to our dismay, he was only outside for a few minutes when he came in holding his arm and crying. He was swinging and decided to jump. I have done this many times myelf (of course nothing at all recent) in my younger, spryer days, so understood how it was fun for him,. Well, unfortunately for him, he fell forward and braced himself with his hands down. The impact was enough to jarr his wrist. I pulled out a bag of frozen peas (the ONLY good ice pack I always have around!) and put it on his wrist. We didn't see any swelling or bruising so thought he would be alright. My hubby went and got an Ace bandage splint and we called it good. He didn't complain much for the next couple of days....the next day was Easter, which fell really early this year, March 23!
We hosted Easter at our house and had all of the Camerons and my sister and parents over. This is a yearly tradition and never lacks for candy! We waited between cloud bursts to "hide" the eggs (I use the term hide very loosely since we have hundreds of eggs every year and there is not enough space in my yard to hide them all!) We sent them collecting (Morgan sporting her frog boots, aka. my hubby calls them church boots because she often insists, as only a 2 year old can, to wear them with her dress to church!) and ended the night with birthday cake for my sis-in-law, Jeanette. Whew, that will be the last family event I host for a while....maybe....my sister in law says I will not be able to leave the house after the babies get here and we will just have to host everything, hhahaha.
March 24, Andrew was in the midst of screaming about hating Tom and chasing him around to hit him. (this is common around here...Andrew is so sweet when he wants to be and loves his brother, really! He just has some "anger management issues" he is working through) While in the time out seat, he yanked out his very loose tooth and said, hey my tooth came out. Then he sniffed, wiped his eyes, and was done with his fit. This is his first lost tooth, so yay for him :)
Little Tom had woken up the day after Easter and put pressure on his arm. He started crying and complained that it was really hurting again. So, I made an appt. for the doctor. A trip to x-ray revealed a small fracture in the radius of his right arm. Dr. German double wrapped a bright blue cast almost to his elbow. This was our first broken kid....let's hope we don't have too many more! He was to keep his cast on for three weeks, but after one week, he got it wet in the shower and had to get it replaced. The second one glows in the dark, how cool is that?
So, I think that covers it....we had a very uneventful Spring break, except that Andrew had his first sleepover at his friend, Justin's house....Tom's cast came off last week, and he has been taken the WASAL (state assessments) tests for two weeks. Let's hope the only drama is continuing with the growing babies!
