Hawaiian breaks

This summer hasn't gone exactly as I planned. I expected to have lots of free time to get schooling done, house work, and enjoy the last few days I have of babysitting. It started in a whirlwind of activities because our friends were moving away. We had just gotten to know them and wanted to spend as much time with them before they left.

That was the month of June. At the end of the month, I sat down with my trusty calendar and looked over the month of July. Shew- I had nothing planned except for VBS this week at a neighboring church. Good thing too with gas prices this high. Um, nope. We have had to go somewhere every day.

The month of August is looking to be just as busy as the past 2 months. It's really a blessing though. The girls aren't complaining they are bored, that's for sure.

Here is a picture taken this morning of Emily before the last day of VBS. It had a Hawaiian theme and they were to dress as Hawaiian as they could today. You can hear/see more about it here at Aimme's blog. Rebecca had stayed the night at a friend's so she wasn't around.

By looking at the photo, you'd never know that Emily has a broken arm. Yep, her left arm is broke.

She has wanted to move up to the next level in gymnastics for awhile now. So, I went ahead and got her a private lesson. She left knowing how to do a handstand fall to bridge and was working on her back bend when she came down on her wrist the wrong way.

I didn't take her to the dr. immediately because I wasn't sure if it was a sprain ,twist or what. She was exhausted from a week of getting up early so I wasn't sure if she was exaggerating due to being tired. She didn't even cry. I think she wanted to but held it off.

She had a very hard time going to sleep last night but after some Motrin, she drifted off and slept fine. She woke up early this morning ready to go to VBS. She was still in pain but said it was bearable. After VBS, we went to Costco and did lots of shopping. While putting the groceries in the car, I was showing her how to lay down the third row when she slipped and fell on her arm (in the SUV of course).

She cried out in pain. It's one of those cries when you know your child is in pain. So, I dropped off my 3 gallons of milk in my mom's fridge- which was less than a mile away and on the way to the Dr.- and we went in for some x-rays. Jay joined us and Emily was laughing and joking through the pain.

She has a splint on her arm now but will get her cast Monday. The down side of it all- no pool luau birthday party this year! She's been planning it for a year now and we had found a private pool to have it at (for free). Back to the drawing board on that one!

Here Emily is at the Dr. waiting on the x-rays to be done.

She's *trying* to look sad and in pain.

Here she is with her temporary cast and sling.

I'll show you what she looks like with her cast on Monday. What color do you think she'll choose?