You're Not Supposed To Brake With Your Face!

Friday evening, Aaron was leaving his lab to go to a game night at the local game store. On his way down the very steep hill that is the UC-Berkeley Campus, his bike skidded out from under him and he tried to use his face as a brake. At first, he thought he was just scraped up badly, and thought his arm was just sprained. He insisted he was fine, and I took him home to rest.



This picture was taken today, so his scrapes have actually healed up a bit. They were pretty red and raw on Saturday. Thankfully, he was wearing his helmet, and so didn't sustain any serious head or neck damage. That's actually the part that got the least amount of damage.



By late Friday night, he was pretty sure he had broken something. He said he wasn't in bad enough pain to wake up the boys and drag them to the ER (it was 1 am at this point), and that we should plan on going in the morning. So we did. And yes, he had broken his wrist! He broke that small bone that pokes out on the outside of your wrist. It was a clean break and is in a very large splint for such a small crack on the x-ray. He is doing well and he's only had to take Advil when the pain flares up.

We went to see the doctor today, and she said his scrapes are healing fine and referred Aaron to an orthopedic physician for his check-ups on his wrist.

Aaron is otherwise fine, just frustrated trying to do everything with one hand. Thankfully, he's left-handed, because he broke his right wrist!

Random News and Pictures

I've been lax in my blogging since we moved here. I've missed out on recording a few things, nothing major, but still fun to remember.



A couple months ago, Samuel's Cub Scout pack had their Pinewood Derby. It was Samuel's first and he loved it! He designed and painted his car, we just helped a bit with the cutting and sanding. The whole ward was invited and after several heats, he won third place! There were about 45-50 cars total that ran, so he did great!

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Adam tried eating a slice of lemon for the first time, and this is his reaction :)

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Aaron's new favorite game is Magic: The Gathering. It's a card game, that has a story line and is collectible. He's really enjoying it, and the boys have fun helping Daddy open the cards and look at the cool pictures on them.

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Adam put on a "show" for us one night, just before bedtime. He was very cute and Aaron got a sideways video clip of the beginning.



He sang a song, told a story and then took lots of bows and demanded lots of applause. We happily complied :D


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Dorothy, the elderly lady that I work for, fell and broke her hip on Friday. It happened just before I got there, and I followed the ambulance to the hospital and stayed with her until they got her settled for the night, into her own room. She's stable and doing better now and she's in a rehab center until she can get back on her feet.

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I got a pretty Tiffany-like lamp for Mother's Day. I found it for a great price on Craigslist. Love it!



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Samuel was recently diagnosed with ADHD, and we're in the process of figuring out if we should put him on medication or if there are other options that we should pursue.

Otherwise, we are all doing well when we're not sneezing our heads off from allergies. Ah, well. It's the price we pay for living in such a beautiful area!

Adam's 6th Birthday

My little guy just turned 6! On his actual birthday, we had just a family party and he got his presents from us and his grandparents.



The day before, he had lost his other top front tooth and is now sporting a pretty wide "window" in his mouth. He said, "Look, Mom! I'm toofwess!" (I'm toothless!)



He got lots of fun things: the red thing in the picture is a megaphone/voice changer, Lego Star Wars 3 video game, a box of Legos, a movie and money!



Adam is not much of a cake lover. He licks off the frosting and leaves everything else. So, for his birthday, we have the tradition of eating giant ice cream sundaes! Yum!

Last weekend, he had his big, friends are invited and we celebrate BIG, party. We had it at a local park, and Adam had decided on a pirate theme. It was great! And it really helped that the dollar store had that particular theme, too :D


Dark picture of Adam hitting his Pirate Ship pinata. My stupid camera battery died and we had to use Aaron's phone for pictures.

The kids all got blow up swords and parrots, pirate hats and paper treasure boxes to hold the loot that dropped from the pinata.



We played games, ate cupcakes and went down the concrete slide that is the highlight of that park. Per the birthday boy's request, we had roasted hot dogs, watermelon and lots of candy in the pinata. It was overcast, but thankfully stayed dry for the party.



Happy Birthday, Adam!

Because He's So Cute!

It has really warmed up over the last couple of weeks. Today, it got up to 90! The heat wave has made getting into our unheated pool bearable.



The boys eagerly pulled out the swim toys they got in their Easter baskets and started putting them to use.



Samuel tried using his pool noodle like a straw and tried to blow bubbles into the water. He didn't have much success :)



Later that night, they made "a nest" on Samuel's bed and both went to sleep. Adam said, "See, Mommy! If someone comes in during the night to kidnap me because I'm so cute, then they won't find me because there's a blanket wall and they can't see me!"