four days ago, jj, ellie and my niece and nephew were playing upstairs, when i heard jj scream bloody murder. as a mother you know their different cries. this was a "i am in serious pain cry". so i run upstairs to see what happened and jj has ran into the wall. instead of wrought iron railing for our banister, we have a half wall with molding on top around the stair well. it comes right up to nose/eye level on jj. he nailed himself really well. it was swollen and bruising. after some ice the tears stopped.
fast forward two days (really thursday).
his nose is still swollen and hurts to touch. i thought that i would take him to urgent care to get some xrays to rule out a broken nose. we wait and wait. finally the doctor comes in to give us the news. she nods her head and says, "well, it is fractured." WHAT!!!! FRACTURED!!! well, i didnt really say that, but thats what i was thinking. she then explains what the next step is. he must go see a nose/throat/ears doctor to evaluate his breathing. wonderful. we leave and all i can really do is laugh. i think i am not really surprised that one of my children hasnt broken something already. (mind you, once i got home and dwelled on the reality of it, i balled my eyes out). now i am fine, but seriously!!!! a broken nose!!!!
in the 5 years of my son's life and 3 years of my daughter's life, we have had 3 ambulance trips, 1 CAT scan, 5 xrays (not including the dentist), physical therapy, overnight stay in the burn unit, and many many doctor visits.
one day this past week, i took my kids and my niece and nephew to the beach. yeah, the beach, beach. not the pretend beach at the regional park, but the ocean, beach. anyway, i hadnt been to the beach in awhile, but recalling from memory the thing i hate most is the sand. i loathe it. it is everywhere!!! since that i am very OCD and with 4 kids, the situation was a crap shoot going in. i had to shake out our blanket twice. annoying. trying to keep 4 pairs of hands clean while they eat their lunch, impossible. especially for ellie. for those of who who remember her toe fetish. yes it came back. in between bites, playing with her dirty, sandy toes and then taking bites of sandwich or eating goldfish.
seriously disgusting.
we did have a good time though. regardless of the sand. i even got burned. it itches a lot.
next, i was referred to this blog, by a friend. pioneer woman is insanely hilarious. i was reading her past entries literally laughing outloud. too funny. i highly recommend her. i could write for awhile about her blog, but i figure i wouldnt ruin it and let you all go there yourselves and find out on your own.
also, i cant believe that i have had my blog for a year now. incredible. when i started, i didnt even know what a blog is. now i follow many blogs. i often times get wrapped up in just reading other people's blogs and forget about my own (i mean our blog, sorry babe).
yesterday while shopping at kohl's, ellie sees a picture of a bare chested man wearing boxers (on a men's boxer package) and says, "him have big boobies!" she then looks at me and tilts her head to the side and says, "mama, i wish you had so so bigger boobies like him." she then proceeds to show me with her fingers how big each of our boobies are. "his are this big and yours are this big." oh, really. i didnt even have the words to say anything to her. i just nodded and racked that up to "kids say the darndest things".
...seriously!!!
on another note, while checking out at kohls, jj threw a fit. and i mean a HUGE fit. i would expect something like that from ellie, but not jj. after all, this boy is 5, not 3. he didnt behave and therefore he wasnt going to get a book. he didnt like that one bit. while waiting to pay, he starts to cry. i try to give him my "you better stop it or else" look. didnt work so well. i then threaten him.
oh yes, kohl's checkout lady, i am ready to pay.
while paying for all of our school clothes and shoes, jj's cry has turned into a full-on fit. i am COMPLETELY embarrassed. i can feel my face turning red. now my look becomes a "just wait until we get to the car..." (you have to say it with your teeth clenched to get the full effect). finally, i am done paying and i quickly book it back to the car where, lets just say, jj really got what he deserved and some.
finally, i think that i got out pretty easy with back to school shopping. jj has a plethora of tshirts and shorts for school. he does still need a couple pairs of shoes. yesterday we bought him his lunch pail and backpack. he went with a bakugan lunch pail and a plain yellow backpack. i guess that when school starts i will be making a quick trip to staples to get the things on the school supplies list.
i am VERY excited for school to start. it will be nice to get back into a routine. i feel like a slob. it is nice though sleeping in till 7 or 7:30 am.
one last thing... jesse got his scores back from the CST. if you remember from last year when he went up a lot and took some of those kids to disneyland. well, this year he went up 39 points!!!! it wasnt as much as last year, but it is still completely awesome. his school is now at 762. it is crazy at how much he has impacted that school in only two years. great job babe. love you.
1 comment:
So happy to hear that Jj's nose isn't broken after all; although I totally understand what you desribed in this blog entry hearing that it was broken and then crying later. We have had three ER trips in E's 18 months and I know it never gets easier to deal with. It is horrible to see your babies hurting.
On a side note...Baby Powder! Baby Powder gets rid of the sand that sticks to ones skin. It works marvelously. I just discovered it this summer and I won't go to the beach without it ever again.
Have a great day.
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