Zane’s splint was removed and a week after he regained his arm strength. Determination locked on his face, he is crawling everywhere and into everything, it’s great to have him back. He loves the freedom to go where he wants, even if he’s not wanted.
It’s been hot. Walk outside and immediately begin dripping hot. Cross your legs and they split apart, hot. It’s not attractive or enjoyable for me to be out so we’ve been sticking around home, inside, mostly. Early one morning I told the kiddos to strip down to underwear and wait outside patiently. They giggled in anticipation. I came outside with paint brushes and paint. I told them to go at it, paint whatever and wherever they wanted on their bodies. They had fun, a lot of pure childish fun!
The local fair was around last week and we had to go. The attraction of animal filled barns, the smell of elephant ears, corn dogs, and the large array of interesting people held all of our attention for a few hours. Noelle begged to ride the horses. Although only going around in circles, she loved just being on top of a horse again. Max and Violette also joined in, their smiles were glued on their faces as the they went around too. Seeing their joy was intoxicating. They also really loved seeing all the animals, horses, sheep, cows, etc.
Noelle is sporting new specs, just picked up yesterday. She needed a new prescription after a pediatric ophthalmologist appointment a few weeks ago. I took her one evening to pick out some glasses. She carefully eyed the choices and was drawn to a bright pink pair with purple arms. I tried to steer her toward a muted brown pair. Her face is still petite and most of the youth frames still looked large. Instinctively I wanted the pair that blended in and didn’t draw attention to themselves. I fought for many days, internally, after the ordering of the glasses. I was worried she would look goofy with big pink glasses. I was worried with kindergarten quickly approaching that she would be made fun of. In the end, as hard as it is to admit, the most important thing is that she likes them and they bring a positive image to herself. She tried on the glasses, after they came in, and immediately smiled her shy smile and declared, “I really like these on me. They look very pretty.” There, that’s exactly what is important.
Tom has been working diligently on installing some new flooring. It looks great and I love it. The only draw back is the amount of dirt shown. I keep telling myself during the fifth or sixth time sweeping, that I’m getting up dirt/animal hair that we used to play in and not notice. I guess that is a good thing! I wake up and walk out into the family room and smile. It’s fresh and new.
A visit from Grandpa Roehrig this past Saturday and one from some out of town good friends, all very welcomed visits but without photos. Some days that camera stays in hiding unfortunately. Also Zane had his nine month well visit in there too. He weighed in just under 22 pounds, at 21 lb 11 oz. and was 29.5 inches in length. He’s a BIG healthy boy.
That’s all, it’s long and scattered, but complete. Finally!
1 comment:
The flooring looks great! It was wonderful as always visiting with you all the other week. Tell Noelle we love the new specs!
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