Re-cast

Mikey got his real cast on Friday... it's Navy blue and he really likes the color! We got him a silver paint pen and took him to the Saturday soccer game... he can't play, but all of his soccer buddies signed it! And they did win the game although there was a brief rain shower at the very beginning of the game. I had to leave our camp chairs sitting out all night to dry!

That evening we went to the dollar (-fifty) movie and watched Bolt, which Mikey and I had gotten to see it when it was out in the regular theaters (we went with my brother and his daughters) but Cathy and Hannah missed it (Hannah was sick at the time). Hannah LOVED it! Especially the part at the very beginning where Bolt is a puppy! Cathy didn't seem to like it as much as I thought she would, but she did enjoy it. And I laugh almost every time Rhino says anything.

(We probably wouldn't have gone to the theater and seen it if I had realized that a copy of it was waiting for me at the library! But it was worth it to see it on the big screen. Plus, it's the first time we've been to Super Saver in ages!)

Oh... they told us that since it's a pretty minor fracture, Mikey's arm might heal up in three weeks. No running or jumping until then.

FRACTURED!

Tuesday Mikey was at soccer practice when he fell down and hurt his wrist. We thought it was a painful sprain or just a bad bump, but when Mikey was still crying about it the next morning, Cathy took him to the urgent care clinic. They X-rayed it, and we found out that he had actually broken his arm! It's a very minor hairline fracture, but Friday morning he's going to get a cast!

Big Easter Weekend 2009

What a weekend!

It actually started on Thursday, when unexpectedly (to me, anyway) my boss was no longer my boss. I'm still in the same position, but my immediate supervisor moved into a part-time/consultant status, and I was going to have a new manager. So THAT was a crazy day! Friday was Good Friday and the office was closed, so we mostly vegged out at home, but SATURDAY was Cathy's birthday! Mikey had a soccer game at 8am (41 degrees... in April?!?... BRR! ...but they won it 1 to 0) and then he went to Lowe's and built a birdhouse, and then he and I stopped at the store to pick up Mama's birthday present from him.

Mikey got her a beautiful pair of earrings (she wore them that evening to dinner and then again on Easter morning!). My gift to her was a shopping trip! I gave her a little bit of cash, enough for an outfit or maybe two if you got something on a good sale, and we went to a couple of fluffy lady clothing stores with her. Having the family along was supposed to be part of the gift, but Mikey was a little bit disruptive at first (he calmed down later). And we had a really happy surprise when we ran into Cathy's brother's wife Theresa at one of the stores! She's been really sick and we haven't gotten to see her much, so that was quite a treat. She was with two of her daughters, too, and we love them and were glad to see them. Theresa kissed Hannah on the cheeks so much I wasn't sure if she was going to raise a bruise! That evening we went out to eat at Charleston's, and got full until we were ready to pop.

Easter was great! Cathy got up early so she wouldn't have to rush so much getting ready, and we were at sound check on time (!), and the service was AWESOME from start to finish. I think that was the most fun I've had in praise & worship since Brian and Nancy came on board at Grace (which is not to minimize other services, but this one was TOTALLY maximized! I was SWEATING when we were done!) Pastor Bob preached one of the most awesome Easter messages I ever remember hearing him preach, and we had a great lesson in Sunday School as well.

(I touched on how cold it was Saturday morning... chilly but not windy, and very sunny which counteracted the cold a bit. And by noon it had gone up like 25 degrees and was in the 60s! Sunday morning was almost the opposite, though... rainy to the point of big puddles of standing water on the sidewalks at Grace, chilly again, but breezy as well. Have I mentioned, Welcome to Oklahoma? And Monday it was chilly to mild again, and dry. WHATEVER.)

After church we met Mom and Dad at the little church they're attending; they were having lunch together as a church and we got invited. Unfortunately for us we got there at the tail end of the meal; there was lots of food left but the people were trickling out and heading home. We did get to monopolize the pastor for a while, though, which was cool for us. Everybody is really nice there. They even gave Mikey and Hannah each an Easter basket! (Monday night I put the Easter basket they gave Hannah, which is plush like a stuffed animal and has a head like a purple hippo, to good use... Hannah and I played "put the plastic eggs in the basket" while Mikey worked on homework.)

That reminds me... I forgot one of the big parts of Saturday afternoon! It was the annual Grace "Egg-stravaganza", which I guess you could call an "Easter egg hunt" but in practice it's more of an "Easter candy foot race." You may remember it from last year. Anyway, Cathy chose to go with Mikey and I stayed with Hannah in the "walkers to twos" area. He did the run-and-collect thing, and Hannah, who is walking just barely, did the "get carried and sit and put the candy I can reach in the basket even though I've got no idea what's going on" thing. Next year she'll be totally into it; this year it was a bit much for her to take in, but she had fun anyway, as did Mikey. The whole thing was a hiccup in Cathy's birthday, but after having that birthday her whole life, having it intruded on by Easter is no surprise. The surprise is when Easter happens in March like last year or something, and it doesn't step on her birthday!

So how were things with the new boss Monday? He seems like a really great guy, and I think I'm going to enjoy working with him. His name is Travis and he knows about this blog, so I'll tell you the REAL story when he turns his head. Hi Travis! Wow it was great working with you Monday! Don't forget to give me a good performance review at the end of the year!!

Caturday 4/11/2009

moar funny pictures

And on her birthday, everybody also loves Cathy!

Den 1 Builds Model Rockets

Monday evening, Mikey's bear den built model rockets to fire off in a few weeks. I took some pictures of the build in progress, including the one above... here are the rest!

Big Weekend!

What a weekend we had!

Thursday afternoon I got a phone call. I had won some tickets to Sesame Street Live from an online radio contest! We weren't going to get to go, and Hannah saw Elmo dancing around on TV and was so excited, so we were thrilled that she would get to go see the show. We picked up the vouchers Thursday afternoon, and Friday I went down to the BOk Center box office and picked up some tickets for that night. Hannah had a great time! Even Mikey had a great time, although at 8 years and 363 days old we thought he was going to be a little too old to be into it. He enjoyed it so much that he took his own money and bought the soundtrack CD to enjoy with his sister!

Saturday was Meme and Papaw's day out with Mikey. They took him to the Home Depot Kids Workshop and then they went out to LaFortune Park and let him play. They went to Cici's for lunch and then went to Mardel to get some birthday presents. Meanwhile, Cathy and I were out buying him birthday presents! You can see a picture of his new friend who really likes the water later in the set of birthday party pictures. We also picked up another gift for after the party... I'll get to that in a minute.



Saturday afternoon was Mikey's soccer team's first game of the spring season. He's with Coach White and the Outlaws again, and we're all pretty excited about that. The team is much bigger this season than last, and they won their first game. As a matter of fact, The Outlaws ended a 28-game winning streak for the team they played! And that with only two practices! That's pretty awesome!

Click here to see some more soccer pictures.



Sunday morning after church and lunch we went to a place on Brookside called Purple Glaze Studio for his party. A birthday party at Purple Glaze consists of each child getting to paint a ceramic figure, which they leave there to be glazed and fired, and then they get to pick up their figures a few days later when they are done. The kids had a great time! Mikey painted the walrus you see above. He got some terrific presents, one of which is a Rubik's Cube which has fascinated him and his mom all day today. :)

More birthday party pictures:

     

Birthday party picture set

At the party Cathy and I gave him a surprise... tickets to see Monsters vs. Aliens in 3D at the IMAX! The 3D was stunning, the movie was loads of fun, and we all left excited and happy. Quite a weekend!

(Monday night at Cub Scouts Mikey made a model rocket. Stay tuned tomorrow for pictures of that!)

CPAP: Full Night!

Congratulations to me! I guess it's bad form to congratulate yourself, but last night is the first time I've managed to keep the CPAP mask on the whole night. I've had the machine for just over a month.

No, I don't particularly feel well-rested... I forgot to fill up the humidifier reservoir so I kept waking up with a dry mouth.

In other news... Mikey turned nine years old yesterday! I should have pictures of the party posted later today!