What We've Been Up To...

Things have been pretty low key around here. I think I officially have no energy left and don't stir much off the couch. When I have to go to the store I think about it for a long time first and must gather my emotional energy before I head out. Scott's mom is here from Portland helping us out, and the kids are very excited to have her play with them, since I am sort of a dud these days.
Scott is feeling better little by little. Each day it seems like he feels a little better and can do just a little more without too much pain. So that's good. He's been able to get a work computer and get a little bit of work done from home, so that's promising. In a few days we'll go back to the clinic for a check up and a new hard cast for him. And I think they'll take a few X-rays to see how things are going. Progress. Hooray!
The kids are having fun playing with grandma! Anna likes to play doctor sometimes. Here she is a few days ago putting a cast on her leg (from her doctor kit), just like dad.

She wanted to make sure it was taped on so it would be secure.

She also finally let me take a picture of her in front of the flag from Matthew's party. She didn't strike quite as convincing a pose as Matthew did. Like with anything, she has to do it her own way.

And speaking of Matthew's party...

Matthew wanted to make some signs of his own to show people how to go through the obstacle course. We had made some signs for the house and our different games that looked like this one (below). But Matthew wanted to make some arrows and signs of his own to help people find their way.

One of the signs we made for the party. Apparently Matthew felt they were ambiguous and insufficient.

Here is one of Matthew's many signs. He told me what to write and then drew some pictures (and had me draw some too) to represent the different parts of the obstacle course. He also enlisted Grandma in his sign making.

This is Matthew's "FOLLOW" arrow. He made several of these and placed them all around the obstacle course. If you look close you can see where he wrote Follow on it. It's actually my fault that the word is upside down (the F is also backwards) 'cause I didn't realize which way it needed to point before I helped him write it. He figured out that letter F needed to be first and sort of figured out O and I helped him with the other letters. He was very industrious about making all his signs, especially since his party is over, but now we have nice directional signs and explanations all over the basement in case you get lost in the middle of the obstacle course. Matthew is always thinking of the little details!