A few words about the grands

Gage broke his foot almost three weeks ago. He was at the "end of soccer" party at McDonald's and another child fell on his foot. So, he has a cute little blue cast on it. He also has a little blue boot to wear while walking. The doctor didn't want him to go to school for at least a couple of days, so Wendy stayed home with him the first day and then he stayed with me the next day. There was a lot of television watching going on...in fact, he finally got tired of it and wanted to draw. We got out papers and crayons and he made a book of himself in different scenarios. They were very interesting and I don't know what made him think of them. He drew some of them and gave me detailed instructions for drawing others. At one point he said, "At least I'm not watching t.v."

Gage and Zane got haircuts recently. They got "gelled" and their hair was pushed up in the front. It looked really cute. Gage never liked it when Wendy tried to push his hair up, he would brush it back down. But, I think he liked the way it looked when they did it at the barber shop. They came to Carolyn's house from the barber shop and we all ate supper with Carolyn and Brent. When they were leaving and we were giving hugs and kisses, Gage said, "Don't mess up my hair." I haven't seen it pushed up since then, however.

Carlee was really sick a few weeks ago. She had viral bronchiolitis. She was too sick to cry for about a week. The pathetic looks she gave us would break your heart. It looked like she was pleading for help. She took nebulizer treatments and finally felt well enough to cry a little after a week. Since then she has rallied back and is keeping Carolyn busy trying to get enough food in her. She's added cereal to her diet and this week has started on peas. Carolyn made all of Kate's food and she is doing the same for Carlee. Carlee loved the peas, by the way. She made Carolyn give her more!

Kate continues to escape the house and play outside. Last week, when it was cold she went out, apparently right after a meal (see photo with stocking cap and bib.) I guess she put on the stocking cap herself, because I'm pretty sure none of us would have let her out without putting a jacket on her.