Another Tough Break for Emily

A couple weeks ago at church during nursery Emily broke her leg . . . again. Luckily? It was the other leg. She broke the right one near the ankle in February climbing up our dresser and pulling it on top of herself. This time she injured it in a mystery way since no one seems to know exactly what happened. They think she was jumping off the table and catching other kids doing the same, but who knows. It was actually broken right below the knee but the ER doctor and the orthopedic at Primary Children's missed the break. Not me. My gut told me that it was broken and it was her knee that hurt. The ortho guy said he'd cast it for three weeks to make us feel better but that it was probably overkill. It wasn't until we wen back, that they said they totally missed the break. It had healed just fine but it's no wonder she wouldn't walk in her cast for a couple weeks.

This is Gwen's favorite new toy. Her big wooden castle she got for her birthday. It's just perfect for her little princess toys that she loves to play with. Emily loves playing with it while Gwen's at school.

For our wedding anniversary this year we put a spin on our old classic tradition of going to the fair. We went and saw Weird Al Yankovic at the State Fair. Jonathan loves him and has all his CDs. I promised him that if he ever came to town we'd go see him. Turns out it was perfect timing.

Can't go to a concert without getting a shirt to prove that you did.

Gwen's favorite song of Weird Al's is "Fat" so I got a picture of him in his fat suit just for her.

First Day of Kindergarten & Gwen's Birthday

Last big Lagoon day of the summer. Grandma and most of the grandkids enjoying one last big splash in the summer on our traditional Wednesday afternoon. This summer we tried to get together at our favorite summer spot each week usually on Wednesdays.

Gwen practicing "diving" with a new friend at the pool. I love that she was even more daring this summer, rarely wearing her water wings, but mostly staying where she could touch the bottom. She did practice diving under the water for objects and doing somersaults.

Gwen's first day of kindergarten! Boy was she ready. Her school is only a couple streets away so we usually try walking there. The walk there with her takes about 25 minutes. Without her on the way back, it takes about 15 minutes. She is my little dawdler.

In line (sort-of). There's a lot of boys in her class. None of them very cute she reports.

Meeting her in the hall after her first class. Her impressions were that it wasn't long enough and her teacher, Mrs. Schofield, was very nice.

Gwen was probably the only 4 year-old in her school that first day of class. She turned 5 two days after school started this year. I made her a surprise Tangled cake and we had a beach party with her cousins at Lagoon-a-Beach. Notice Emily's cast. More on that next post.