Week in review!

So, this is a few of the happenings of the week in reverse order. . .

Yesterday Mason (Mr. Busybody) was standing up on the bench at church to see the kids (during the annual Childrens Program), lost his balance and fell. He was right in between Delvin and I and we were just not fast enough for this kid!! Anyway - he hit his ear right on the corner of the wooden pocket that holds the hymn books! He hit it perfectly and had a nice laceration all around that little piece of the ear. We attempted the Walk-in clinc hoping not to have to deal with the ER, but they said it was too complex for them and sent us to the ER. We actually were in and out of the ER faster than the walk-in clinic!!! It was quite the ordeal with Delvin and two nurses holding him down while the Dr sutured it up. He ended up with 5 stitches. He screamed like mad and would occasionally take a break from the screaming and one of the nurses said "Mason, you're a tough little cookie!" Mason immediately starts yelling "cookie, cookie, momma". We were laughing so hard! It was so funny. Afterward they gave him a popscicle and a teddy bear. I put a bandaid on the teddy bears ear just like his and he thought that was cool, wouldn't let go of the bear after that! Anyway - trauma #1 with Mason - check! I'm sure with this kids there will be plenty more to come!! Grrr - he is scheduled to get his two year old pics taken on Thursday. . .guess I'll have to wait another week until after those stitches come out!

As I mentioned above it was the annual Children's Program at church. . .Aidan did a great job this year - we were very proud! Every child (ages 3-11) has a part they say and a few of them are chosen to write and give a 1 minute talk. This was Aidans first year to give a talk. He did an awesome job! He talked about Service. He used the example of how people helped us with our garden and how we were able to serve others by sharing our vegetables. Luckily we were able to settle Mason down and get the bleeding under control just in time to stand in the back and listen to Aidan give the talk, then we left for the ear repair journey!

I haven't posted yet about flag football, mostly because I haven't gotten good pics, but oh well, here are some anyway. Delvin has been coaching Aidan's team through the Boys and Girls Club. They are both loving it!! Here's Delvin in action during a Huddle!!
This is Aidan's first year playing and we are shocked at how good he is!!! He often plays quarterback, but he really loves playing defense. . .he is excellent at both!! It is fun to watch him - he has turned into quite the football junkie over the last few months - he wants to watch football on tv and has to go out in the back yard and practice the moment he gets home from school. He's so motivated to learn and is far more "into it" than I dreamed he would be. . .watch out!

Shhh, let them sleep! Amazingly, Mason crawled into bed with Aidan and fell right asleep. . .not once but two nights - in a row. . .he's never done that before, I tried to get him to do it again tonight, but it was a no go. Anyway - they both slept great both nights!!! (P.S. - that's quite a collection of blankets they have in there isn't it?)