Reilly has been doing so well handling his injury, Kate on the otherhand has identified his range and tortures him on every occasion. He went to a birthday party on Saturday and all the lil guys signed his cast as you can see.
He is at school today - we're hoping he does okay.
and P is for Poop - which Kate just did in the tub. AND, W is for walker which Reilly is maneuvering around quite well. He has a bowling birthday party tomorrow that he's got his heart set on so that will be his first encounter with his friends since he got his cast. We'll see how that goes. He's pretty uncomfortable still so hopefully it will be a distraction.
Oh, and for those of you asking for a photo... I'll get to it this weekend.
Which is blue... like a Power Ranger, of course.
We met with the ortho md yesterday. Thankfully b/c of Shad's relationship with the practice we got in as soon as we could get over there. A spiral fracture of the tibia, it should be fine they say. His cast goes up almost to his groin, it's non-weightbearing and he has a pediatric walker to get around.
His school is hesitant to tell me whether he can be there. Isn't there an ADA law on this sort of thing? If he's relatively mobile (aside from the stairs and the toilet) do they not need to accommodate him? I guess I'll learn quickly...
Anyway, more importantly, he's in some pain still, and he really just wants Dad - who is at work. Kate is beside herself because the attention has been diverted slightly.
Reilly was skiing with Shad this afternoon at the little ski slope down the street. Reilly is skiing with a harness on and Shad in tow. On a flat section Reilly tumbled and hurt his leg. I figured it wasn't good when Shad mentioned he took him to the ski patrol first aid. Although it didn't swell or bruise immediately, Shad and the ski patrol person thought it best to take a picture and rule out a bone break.
When Shad got Reilly in the truck to head home, Reilly fell right asleep. I went to pick-up Kate from daycare - when I returned Reilly was laying on the couch... quietly. Two things he isn't normally doing at the hour.
After looking at his leg, and talking to him, I felt it was important to get an x-ray. Everytime he moved, he whimpered, I think he's in some pain.
Just moments after being in the ER, I just knew in my gut it was broken even though every symptom we found on the web he didn't have. I wasn't sure who was more upset about the whole thing though. Shad was clearly bothered. The x-rays came back and Reilly has a spiral fracture of his tibia.
Mom, when I was little last year I wanted to have a baby that would live with me and be my friend so I wouldn't be lonely and I would have someone to play with. Then I got Kate.
Reilly found his first geocache this weekend. It was a kid friendly one about 6/10's of a mile from our house. He thought that was the coolest thing that he found it, although I have to admit he and Shad kind of fought about who actually carried the gps and followed the arrow. I'm not even going to say who won.... :-)
Regardless, I filled out the notebook, Reilly picked a Jeep with a caching dog tag and we left a JavaOne Shaker. I have decided to leave JavaOne schwag from this point on. I'm going to be checking out the booths this year to get good LITTLE trinkets to start sprinkling about.
Reilly is so proud of himself and is looking forward to the next one where he can leave the Jeep and I can leave another shaker and he marvels at the possibilities of what might be awaiting him at the next one.
Woo hoo!
So we had friends over tonight for dinner and to watch LOST. During dinner, Reilly picked up his shirt and pointed to his nipple, I asked him what he was doing.
What is this called? (pointing to his nipple)
"Nipples"
Mine are Little... you have big ones of these.
pause and giggle at the table
I have another one, where is it?
"It's on the other side"
Pick up your shirt Mom, let me see yours.
"No Reilly..."
I suppose that is where the expression "Out of the Mouths of Babes" comes from.
It was his first solo run at Carnival Hill - we were so proud of him for wanting to give it a go on his own. We expected to be sledding for 30 minutes, we were there for over an hour.
Today was a crappy day at work, and as the day went on, it proceeded to go downhill - Reilly, who I believe is an old soul said-
"Mom, Are you sad? Why are you sad? I can fix it for you and make you feel better."
"How"
"It's magic, it's inside me, if you are just very quiet and you listen you can hear the magic and it will make you happy again"
.... silence .... (obviously Kate was not in the room or we would not have been afforded that luxury)
"Did you hear it... do you feel better?"
I'm not sure what it was but... sure, I feel better just listening to the logic of a four year old. It all just made so much sense to him so who am I to question. I often think we have children to keep us grounded.
Do you think if Kate brings me one bib, she is hungry? And if I take that one bib and she brings me three more, should I make her some lunch? I think so. Gotta go...
Grandma Kasey took this photo with her phone over the weekend - I think it's an amazing photo of the Queen Mary 2 going under the Golden Gate. (the largest ship in history to do so)
Okay... so maybe not so much. But, don't they look good together? I'm so thankful he has such a good sense of humor.
A few of the comments tonight that I thought were funny:
Reilly: Why are you stretching your shirt?
Nannie: To make it fit.
Reilly: Because you're fat?
Nannie: Yes, but I'm pretty, right?
Reilly: Right.
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Reilly: Dad, are we going fast?
Daddy: We're going 30 miles per hour.
Reilly: How fast is 30 miles per hour?
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Reilly: Kate, what color is green?
Kate's boyfriend "Kiss" - little does she understand he is almost three decades older than her and married. Tough nut to crack!
Okay, so it was really a snow shovel, not Rocky or Apollo. It's on the mend regardless of the weapon.
This isn't a great photo of the shiner but it is a great photo of her Farley pose which Kate does on command. Can you see the resemblance?
Reilly told me that Owen was no longer his best friend when I asked why he said "because when I'm not at school, he can't find me."
You would never know by her smile that Kate got a shiner this weekend from getting smacked in the face by her brother with a snow shovel.
