Is it really April 18th???

I know the calendar says it is April 18th and that we need April showers to bring May flowers, but who said they need to be snow showers???  As I sit here typing this, the snow is falling outside.  It first started falling as little round balls, like Dippin' Dots ice cream.  Now it looks a little more wet.  It is supposed to be cold and rainy/snowy all weekend!  But the weather people say that the 8-14 day forecast looks warm and dry-- I hope they are right!  I had thought about planting flowers last weekend when it was close to 80 around here, but I am glad I didn't.


UPDATE:  I started composing this entry around 12p this afternoon.  It started snowing harder around 5p and we even had a large lightning strike and clap of thunder. It is now about 8p and you can see the difference in the weather!  Pretty crazy!






Enough about the crazy weather... Jenna's stitches were taken out yesterday.  If you missed this story, scroll down to my last post.  Once again, she was a brave little girl.  Dr. Spiro showed her the dull scissors and tweezers he was going to use and explained to her how he was going to cut each stitch.  She laid on the table and held my hand.  Dr. Spiro started cutting and said "1 is done" and then Jenna said, "Mommy, I don't need your hand".  Once she realized there was nothing to it, she counted along until the 4th one was finished.  She now has a steri strip covering the area until Saturday afternoon and then we just need to keep applying antibiotic ointment until it is fully closed.  Doesn't she look like a happy girl???
Jenna has graduated to a 2 wheeled  scooter and is doing really well.  And Miranda loves Jenna's old 3-wheeled scooter.  Even though she is a girl, Miranda loves cars and trucks.  She saw this big dump truck while we were in Target one day and she fell in love with it.  I told her we could buy it and she ended up pushing it around Target while we finished our shopping and she used it as her own little cart.  It was really cute!

Jenna started swimming lessons twice a week.  There was only supposed to be 2 in the class, but we haven't seen the other child so Jenna has had private lessons.  She missed class this week because of her stiches, but hopefully we can go next week.

About 2 weeks ago, we converted Miranda's toddler bed to a full size bed.  We had fun picking out new bedding and a mattress.  Can you tell she likes it a lot????

Miranda has been taking gymnastics once a week and she loves it!  She is pretty flexible and strong.  She loves to tumble and to hang on the bar and pick up her legs straight out in front of her and then put her toes on the bar.  She has great balance too!

An Eventful Saturday

The weather today was forecasted to be sunny and beautiful and 70 degrees so we planned on heading to our boat. We bought a little dinghy/tender so we were going to take it out for the first time. Ian and Jenna headed to the boat first to get a few things done first. And then Miranda and I met them at the marina. It was a beautiful day as forecasted and we had a great time cruising around our marina, heading to Jetty Island and docking for lunch. We even saw a seal swimming around.





Miranda was starting to act a little tired so her and I headed home for her nap and Ian and Jenna stayed behind to clean to boat up a little. Jenna likes to play around in the boat, but this time she played around too much. She hit her forehead on the railing in the boat. I got a call from Ian that Jenna got hurt so I rushed to the marina. Ian got the bleeding to stop and got her bandaged up for a trip to the ER. I met them at the marina and we headed to the ER. At this point, I have yet to see the gash on her forehead, but Ian warned me that it was a pretty big one. The ER gave Jenna a teddy bear to make her feel better and we waited for Jenna's name to be called. Once back in a room, the bandage was removed and I got my first look. Wow, I can only imagine how much of a wreck I would have been seeing this happen firsthand. Ian did a great job, which allowed Jenna to stay calm too. The nurse applied a numbing solution and that stayed on for about 45 minutes. Jenna is still being very brave! Finally, the doctor came in. Jenna was nice a numb, which was good, because he said she was going to need a few stitches. Jenna started getting nervous, but luckily she didn't feel anything but the last of 4 stitches. Another bandage and we were on our way home. Our happy Jenna was back and asking for Chinese food for dinner! In 5 days the stitches can come out and until then we will be tending to her wound. Jenna is already thinking about what to tell her friends at school. She wants to bring in the bear they gave her in the ER and she said, "Friends, I have something to share and it is a bear. I got it at the hospital when I hurt my head". She sounded so cute! What a brave little girl we are so lucky to have! I hope this is her first and last injury requiring stitches!
Here is Jenna in happier times in the boat. Notice the railing in the background.
And here is Jenna with her 4 stitches.  Poor baby!!!!

Miranda was watching while we were applying cream and a new Band-Aid tonight.  She said, "Why Jenna have a spider?".  Pretty funny!

Let's hope tomorrow is less eventful!