Life has been moving on here at the breakneck, yet snail's pace that parenting small kids offers you.
The only "project" that I really have to speak of right now is just cutting up some scraps for a long term quilt project. I got the idea from Jessica's x&+ quilt
I've gotten some cutting done, and all of two blocks put together. Is everyone painfully slow and awful at cutting squares and rectangles?.....
Poor little Violet had an unfortunate injury at the playground on Friday while riding down a very narrow slide in my lap. Her shoe caught the side of the slide and got stuck, yanking her foot and knee back at a bad angle. She was really hysterical, and refused to even try standing afterwards.
Our girl is normally nonstop, running around, getting into everything, climbing, dancing, but she still refuses to even set her foot on the floor even when she's sitting down. We took her to urgent care, but at that point we weren't even sure which part of her leg was bothering her since she wouldn't tell us, and nothing looked bruised or swollen. It wasn't until after we got home from urgent care that she told us it was her foot, when before we thought it might be her knee. If she doesn't start trying to walk tomorrow, I'm anticipating a trip to an orthopedist. Poor little thing : (
She is otherwise in good spirits, but it's really odd not having her running around constantly. Normally, any injury she gets only keeps her down for a second or two of loud crying and cuddles from mommy or daddy, and then she's off running again.
We are nearing the end of a nice three day weekend. All the girls love it when our man is home.
Normally I'm a bit of a scrooge when it comes to unfurling the Christmas spirit until after Thanksgiving, but this year something has gotten into me. I've got this urge to start playing (slightly depressing/indie) Christmas music and decorate. I'm terrible at seasonal decorating, but I really want to get something done to amp up the magic around here this year. I'm thinking that if I confine myself to a specific style/color palette, a couple of crafts, and predetermined places I want to decorate, I might have a chance.
Can I just say I love your first sentence? Great way to describe life as a young mom!
ReplyDeletePoor violet, I can't imagine her not running around :-( I hope she's doing better now?
ReplyDeleteShe wound up at an orthopedist because she wasn't walking by Tuesday. Broken leg! She has a tiny pink cast on her lower leg. It's the saddest and cutest thing ever
DeleteOh my gosh, I didn't realize how she had injured herself, but my friend was just posting something on facebook yesterday about how common these types of injuries are! I had no idea it was so dangerous - we all do it all the time! :( Anyways, I'm so sorry, and I hope she's back to her usual high spirited self again soon! And I am extraordinarily slow at EVERYTHING sewing related (not just cutting squares). It's one of my biggest downfalls.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea they could break a bone and show no outward signs like swelling or bruising.its crazy that of all the things my super adventurous and fearless girl could get hurt doing, it would be going down a slide on my lap.
DeleteI'm just now seeing this - poor Violet! And I saw the same thing happen when I was babysitting a kid once. It still scares me. He fell out of a low tree and came into the house walking slow. I thought there was no way it was broken as there was no bruising, he was barely crying, and he was still putting pressure on it. I even called my parents and they said it was fine. Later, of course, the parents got an x-ray and sure enough, it was a broken leg. I felt horrible, but I sincerely thought he was fine. They never asked me to babysit again, which was fine with me. :-p
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