We've had quite a few exciting adventures around here lately! We had a lovely Halloween, complete with a fun party at the cousins' house, pumpkin carving, and a run through the cemetary at night for a Halloween 5k! It was very fun! I ran my fastest 5k since Rachel was born. (I've dubbed it my 5k PPPR, or Post-Partum Personal Record!) 30:13 is certainly not where I WANT to be, but getting there. Slowly! (Hardy-har-har!) Vince did great though. He came in at 22:20, and earned a 4th place (pink) ribbon!!
I'll have to get more costume pictures soon, but here's the one from the 5k at least!
Carving pumpkins:
I thought this was an interesting view of our activity!
Pumpkin Brains!
Evan was so grossed out when he first stuck his hand in!
Brooke took this picture; I love it!
Our pumpkin family! We all (well, except for Rachel) designed our own faces. I thought they all turned out so fun! And I love the creativity of my kids!
From Left to Right--Rachel, Evan, Brooke, Me, & Vince!
And just for fun, I wanted to show you the spooky thing my broom can do! I took pictures from different angles just so you can see--no strings attached, and I didn't alter the photo at all! (Now if I can just get it to sweep up Vince's hair...)
And lastly, Evan. Poor kid. We went up to Vince's sister's house in ID last weekend to see their brand new (and ADORABLE) little baby. The kids were outside playing. Just before lunch Evan started bawling. He came in saying he'd been running outside, tripped (on his growing feet, apparently), and fell on the grass and hit his shoulder. I looked at it--no scratches or scrapes. Just a bump and maybe a bruise--so I THOUGHT! He cried for a while and I told him to not think about it, it'd stop hurting soon, etc. Well, about halfway through lunch I looked over at his poor, sad face and the giant alligator tears welling up in his eyes, and I realized, he's really hurting! After church the next day, I took a closer look again, and saw that the swelling was getting worse, and he still couldn't even raise his arm up. That's when I realized this was serious! So we took him to the doctor on Monday, who sent us to the hospital for x-rays. Turns out he BROKE HIS COLLAR BONE!! I felt so bad! I hate those "bad mommy" moments! But he's well and dandy now with his sling. So Evan wins the prize for the first broken bone in the family! (And hopefully it'll be the last!)
6 comments:
okay, that broom freaks me out...
yikes about the broom.
So sorry, Evan. Our Jason broke his collar bone when he was 15 falling off his skate board. Nothing like a 6'1", 200 lb boy screaming in pain! Can't believe Evan toughed it out for two days! Also, that broom was freaky! Isn't that what you can do with an raw egg at the winter or summer solstice? Hmmmm
What is the deal with that broom???
Evan look much better than the last time I saw him!
Loved the pumpkins! And Becky, I am so proud of you for telling the story of Evan's broken collar bone without including the HOURS you had to spend waiting at the Dr's office/hospital. Your sportsmanship is much superior to that of your mother.
Glad he is on the mend.
(It is a Halloween broom, right?)
Thanks for the sympathies. And the broom is my actual broom I use to sweep my kitchen crumblies from my messy children! Amazingly enough, I can get it to balance on its own! Pretty freaky, though. I agree!
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