Cast off!

Will had his cast on for just 3.5 weeks! The cast removal was a piece of cake but the following days were not. When the cast came off he did not want to put any weight on his leg and refused to walk for 5 days! Once he started walking again he walked with a limp but eventually got back to his old self. 

Christmas with Grandparents

We have some pretty spoiled and lucky kids who get to celebrate Christmas with two sets of Grandparents! 

We spent the weekend of January 2/3 with Grammy Sherry and Papa Dick.

Will got lots of cleaning supplies, maybe this will keep him from dragging all of my stuff out!

Charlie loves to play games and now she has another one to add to her collection.

Craft time at Grandma Joan's and Papa Jake's house

All of the cousins and one sad little Will

Rose Bowl Bust

Our dear Hawkeyes made it to the Rose Bowl for the first time in 25 years. We were pretty excited and I bought Rose Bowl shirts for everyone. We went to a friend's house for a small family celebration. Unfortunately, the game was ugly. The Hawks got beat bad. But we started playing Pictionary and had a great time anyway. Go Hawks!

New Year's Eve

Christmas at Home

Twas the night before Christmas.

Evy woke us up at 7 a.m. and then woke Charlie up. Charlie came into our room saying "It's Christmas! It's Christmas! It's Christmas!" Will had been up much of the night so we let him sleep and enjoyed opening gifts with the girls.

Lots of Star Wars gifts this year.

Santa brought Charlie a Barbie Pop Up camper.

We woke Will up around 9 a.m. and let him open his gifts.

Santa brought the Millennium Falcon for the kids and it might have been the biggest hit of the day.

Our "fancy" Christmas dinner. The girls thought it was so fun to eat in the dining room by candlelight.

Christmas "Break"

I was so looking forward to a fun Christmas break with all 3 of the kids at home and no schedules. On the first day of break Evy had her 7 year old check up and Will got his 18 month shots. On the second day of break Evy had an appointment with an eye doctor. On the third day of break we finally had a free day to have fun! We went to the Children's Museum with plans to go to Blue Bird for lunch. But, while we were at the museum Will slid down a slide with Evy and caught his foot, his leg twisted backwards and he would not put any weight on his leg. We immediately went to the pediatrician and X-rays confirmed that he fractured his tibia. UGH! We left the hospital with a cast and a sad little man who could not crawl or walk. The first night at home was rough----he was awake from midnight to 4 a.m. Eventually, he got more comfortable with his cast but he is still incredibly needy....wanting someone holding him constantly. I carried him so much that five days later I was back at the hospital for X-rays for myself! My back went out. I'm in physical therapy and hopefully on the mend. Not the way any of us wanted to spend our Christmas! Poor guy!

Star Wars Excitement

Episode 7 of Star Wars came out December 18. Scott had been preparing the girls by having them watch all of the old episodes. The girls are hooked! None of them could wait to see the movie so they went on December 19. Evy wore her Princess Leia costume. Scott reported that Evy was enthralled while Charlie spent more time going to the bathroom and being restless. In order to actually see the movie Scott went again the following week.