Well, I know now what it feels like to be "different." People have been staring at us everywhere we go! We went to McDonald's for lunch today - and all 4 tables facing the windows were staring at us while we walked up to the door. Once inside - I must have told the story to 6 or 7 people. This one man wasn't satisfied with my pat, one liner. He must have have asked me 5 or 6 questions!
I wanted to take a picture of both green casts - before something else happened! Good grief!
For your viewing pleasure:Once the cast went on, Grady really perked up, even though it was almost midnight! Here is the offending piece of equipment moments before the fall. Note G's cast - not slowing him down at all. Pryor was excited about his green cast, but his arm still hurt him. Nothing like an orange Popsicle to make things better!
Well, if you can believe it, I arrived home from our 2 month summer odyssey with Grady in an arm cast, and just tonight (5 days later) got back from the ER with Pryor in an arm cast. GOOD GRIEF!!
I have been hanging around the house yesterday and today because of Grady and his arm. Finally this afternoon, we headed off to the library but first made a quick trip to the playground. Big mistake! The children had a wonderful time, and right when we were getting ready to go, Pryor fell off some equipment and landed on his left arm. I could tell by the way he was holding his arm that it wasn't good.
We left straight away for the doctors office. Of course it was almost 5 PM by this point and they thought he needed a cast, so they sent me down to the ER of Children's Hospital. (The children's doctor's office doesn't put casts on anyway.) Fortunately, Stephen was nearby and I was able to leave Grady and Alice with him.
I was incredibly impressed with Children's (since I had so much experience from the ER a few days ago) and got in pretty easily. Got x-rays right away and saw the orthopedist fairly quickly (in hospital time.) He saw a hairline fracture in the arm, but not what was really hurting Pryor more towards his wrist. The Dr. said since Pryor is so young, the wrist is more cartilage and they are unable to see breaks there. The arm is broken in both places.
So, he put a full cast on the arm, up the elbow, since young ones can pull off a half cast. His cast is green - and I know when Grady wakes up tomorrow he'll be jealous (since his is just white.) We go to the orthopedist tomorrow for Grady, so he may be getting a new cast too!
Well, I haven't been able to get my computer connected in order to upload pictures - so photos from Kiawah and beyond will just have to wait a bit longer.
A cute thing happened today that I thought you all would enjoy.
The children and I are visiting my parents for a couple of weeks. We were saying the blessing before dinner tonight, and my Mom and I watched Pryor as we sang the blessing (his choice was "Thank you, Jesus".) He had his head bent down with his eyes closed, but he looked over at my Dad (with *his* head bent and eyes closed.) I could just tell in his little head he was thinking, "I'm supposed to bend my head and close my eyes." So, he squeeze his eyes shut, and lower his head. Up, look at Granddaddy. See the closed eyes, lower head and squeeze eyes. He did this several times during the course of the 20 second blessing. It was adorable!
After it was over, he said to us, "I made my eyes dark" and poked his fingers in his eyes so we would know which body part he was discussing. So cute! Goodness!
Grady's pack was the color guard for the Pirate's baseball game this past Sunday. If you squint and look hard, you might be able to see which Wolf Cub hat is Grady's in the picture above!! If you see the Dad in the back with the brown(ish) hat, Grady is in front of him and looking sort of backwards (he's looking at the jumbo tron.) In this picture above (a shot of the jumbo tron itself,) Grady is the second boy on the left from the navy flag (in the back row.) We decided to all go as a family and had a picnic down on the river before the game. We were supposed to show up outside the stadium an hour before the game, but luckily we heard good advice not to show up quite that early. As it was, Grady and the other boys were going crazy waiting for the game to start. It was supposed to start at 1:05 - and it didn't even come close to starting on time. The game itself didn't start till about 1:40. All in all, we had a wonderful time. Even Pryor did well sitting and watching an incredibly boring game. One of the highlights (besides the food) was a Pittsburgh home run in the first inning. The fireworks surprised us all!
As if being in and watching a parade aren't enough to do on any given day, we were invited and decided to attend our friend's neighborhood pool party and picnic. It was a gorgeous day but I think the high was in the mid-seventies. More than once, the children got out of the pool with cold lips! We had a great time with our friends and their neighbors. The food line was already open when we got there at 4:30. Of course Grady, seeing the food, decided to bypass the pool at first in favor of dinner. I think both he and Pryor had (basically) two dinners - one when we got there and one an hour or so later. The congo squares I brought were gone in less than an hour! The baby pool, like most pools, has a filter system with a cover by the side of the pool. I think Pryor played here for over a half an hour! He'd look in there, open the cover, take out the toys and put the cover back on. Stephen took the above picture while he was watching the toys in the filter! HA! Who needs to actually play with toys when you can look at them instead?
Well, I am rapidly approaching the current day in my long backlog of photos! Phew! Just in time to get backlogged again during the summer!
Grady, as a Wolf cub, participated in the Export Memorial Day parade. He had an excellent time! We dropped off Grady and Stephen at the American Legion at 10:15 AM for a 10:45 parade. Well, evidently the school marching band (in FIVE school buses) didn't show up till 10:45! Oh well!
Meanwhile, Alice, Pryor and I are chomping at the bit for some to see! Finally the parade started and in a few minutes it was over. HA! The Boy Scouts were one of the last groups to pass by. I took the above shot while they were still far away. You can see Stephen in a red shirt/navy hat behind these boys and Grady with a yellow hat and scarf just in front of him. I tried to get a video of them passing by but couldn't get it to work! I gave the camera to Stephen and he took the above picture. Grady is in the middle - again with the yellow hat and scarf. Unfortunately, I can't crop this picture as I'd love to get rid of my arm and leg off the side of an otherwise adorable picture! My photo software has a glitch and I can't crop photos. Technology!
Grady loved walking in the parade. Lots of people lined the street. It was a pretty big deal! Scouting has been a great activity for him this year.
Well, I know now what it feels like to be "different." People have been staring at us everywhere we go! We went to McDonald's for lunch today - and all 4 tables facing the windows were staring at us while we walked up to the door. Once inside - I must have told the story to 6 or 7 people. This one man wasn't satisfied with my pat, one liner. He must have have asked me 5 or 6 questions!
Once the cast went on, Grady really perked up, even though it was almost midnight!
Here is the offending piece of equipment moments before the fall. Note G's cast - not slowing him down at all.
Pryor was excited about his green cast, but his arm still hurt him.
Nothing like an orange Popsicle to make things better!
Grady's pack was the color guard for the Pirate's baseball game this past Sunday. If you squint and look hard, you might be able to see which Wolf Cub hat is Grady's in the picture above!! If you see the Dad in the back with the brown(ish) hat, Grady is in front of him and looking sort of backwards (he's looking at the jumbo tron.) 
In this picture above (a shot of the jumbo tron itself,) Grady is the second boy on the left from the navy flag (in the back row.) 
As if being in and watching a parade aren't enough to do on any given day, we were invited and decided to attend our friend's neighborhood pool party and picnic.
The baby pool, like most pools, has a filter system with a cover by the side of the pool. I think Pryor played here for over a half an hour! He'd look in there, open the cover, take out the toys and put the cover back on. Stephen took the above picture while he was watching the toys in the filter! HA! Who needs to actually play with toys when you can look at them instead?
Well, I am rapidly approaching the current day in my long backlog of photos! Phew! Just in time to get backlogged again during the summer!
The Boy Scouts were one of the last groups to pass by. I took the above shot while they were still far away. You can see Stephen in a red shirt/navy hat behind these boys and Grady with a yellow hat and scarf just in front of him. I tried to get a video of them passing by but couldn't get it to work!
I gave the camera to Stephen and he took the above picture. Grady is in the middle - again with the yellow hat and scarf.
Unfortunately, I can't crop this picture as I'd love to get rid of my arm and leg off the side of an otherwise adorable picture! My photo software has a glitch and I can't crop photos. Technology!