End of Summer...

Carsten is doing much better with his clavicle... He really only complains when he falls and at night when he rolls on that side. It has not slowed him down at all and he continues to get himself in predicaments--I don't know if that will ever end.
He also has 12 teeth just for the record with two more working at coming in on the top...

Unc received a gift certificate to a fondue restaurant and he offered to take me with him! Last night we left the little ones with Opa and Oma and went to fondue... It was great. We started with a cheese fondue, then salad, next was the meat fondue, and of course a chocolate fondue to finish it off. We chose the S'mores chocolate fondue for dessert--chocolate, marshmallow creme, and graham cracker crumbs... delicious! It was a fun evening--fondue takes about 3 hours, so we were gone awhile...


After convention the boys and I rode home with my parents in the motorhome to their house... A good friend is going to be coming west and I'll get to see her later this week!

At Oma's there was a surprise hand-me-down from these kind kids... He loves it!!! A peddle tractor his size. He peddles it up and down the driveway--last night until he was beet red in the face!

Oma and Opa's neighbors offered their pool to us, so we might be heading over there later this morning...

Last week we spent 4 days at our church convention. My Uncle and Aunt were there (my dad's older sister)--great to see them. It was a wonderful 4 days!

A few questions...

Just a few questions Internet fans...
How many x-rays can one child have?
Have we met our deductible yet?
Is there a way to budget for childhood injuries?
Is there a way to measure the years off your life each time your child gets hurt?
Is Motrin really enough for a broken clavicle?
Is there a way to keep kids from climbing on chairs, etc.?
Is there a way to know how we are going to cope these next few days?

Our more accident prone child--no names, Carsten--fell off a kid chair tonight (so 1 1/2 feet off the ground) to the kitchen floor... He has done this before--this time he wasn't consolable, he kept clutching his collar bone... I just felt like something was wrong. Off to the ER, where we are starting to recognize the staff... An x-ray later we were told he broke his clavicle and that all there is to do is give him Motrin... So, we are home and trying to figure out how to accomplish the normal tasks of getting him undressed, dressed, how to nurse without crushing his side, should we let him walk around and fall like he is always doing??? Oh, boy...

Growing Up...

Our neighbor outgrew his little two wheel bike, so he passed it on to Reese. Reese is so thrilled! He wants to ride it any free moment and we have to take it with us when we go to grandparents, etc. I was just noticing today that Reese can reach light switches that he previously couldn't--I believe he is growing...

Weekend Trip...

On Sunday... Reese and Carsten loved the fire truck at Great Papa's house... They crawled all over it and tried on the fire helmets... We could have stayed here all day.

We went camping this weekend with Jim's mom's family. On Saturday we went to the river. It took Reese awhile to enjoy the water. Unfortunately life vests are not comfortable, so we took it off and put him in water wings and a tube. Hailey had a comfortable life vest, so we might have to look into getting one like hers...


Hailey at the river.

Justin's morning smile.

Reese in the morning...

Abigail

Carsten showing off to the girls... He happens to be our fearless one.

Name Game...

I need help...
I am thinking of getting a little more into photography, not professional--don't know that I'll ever achieve that, but I do need a name.
Any suggestions? I'm thinking something to do with kids/families... (don't want to do weddings).

Will I ever catch up???

I promise that I am not sitting around eating bon bons and reading magazines... I wish I was, but alas laundry and other not so interesting housey items have my attention these days.

During my lack of blogging, Carsten got tooth number 11! He has number 12 right behind it on it's way... They are on the bottom, on either side of the middle two.
Carsten is wearing a size 6 1/2 in shoes all of a sudden and Reese is only wearing a size 8... Reese had better watch out! Carsten is signing more and more--he signs for the words: more, all done, thank you, dog, and we are working on please.
Reese is always saying something funny and he calls his brother, "bigoly"--thanks to Oma. Today he asked me why God made the railroad tracks... He talks constantly to his contractors on his play cell phone and Sunday he said that he couldn't go with us as he needed to do some work for his contractor. Wonderful.

We had a great treat last week... Our friends from where we used to live stopped by on their way to grandparents... So fun to catch up and see kids that we rarely get to see!


Reese and McKenzie had a great time playing the piano and just goofing around.