Marcus' carrot club

The baskets the Easter bunny had ready for the kids

Easter 2010

Easter was low key, but it was spent with the people who matter the most! We were up earlier than I would have liked, but it was worth it. The kids woke up to seeing their baskets on the table. Elena quickly had a theory of how the Easter bunny got into our house to deliver the baskets. She said he had a special ring that gets him inside to surprise all the kids the next day. Sounded pretty reasonable to me!
After the kids looked through their baskets and sifted through the candy, we were kind of bummed because the morning was misty which made the backyard wet. We knew we couldn't have an outdoor egg hunt, but we waited patiently for it to get better. Once we had breakfast and was sort of just hanging out, it got closer to it being lunch time. I figured we needed to have the egg hunt and not waste any more of the day. The kids were anxious to get to it, too. So, we stuck everyone in one room and Andy and I hid the eggs around the house. Then when they became loose, the kids went crazy! Marcus on the other hand, just grabbed a few eggs and then quickly opened them up to find what was inside - coins!
Before we knew it, the sun had come out it was quickly getting warmer! Of course, that had to happen! But Elena got to play on the playscape for awhile, Analissa was watching the cartoon version of Alice in Wonderland, and all the while Marcus was taking his nap. Unfortunately, Marcus woke up from his nap with a fever, so he's been hanging out on the couch watching cartoons. My poor baby! Then we winded down the night by getting ready for school and work tomorrow. It was a great Easter day, minus the small mishaps. Happy Easter to all!

A Spring 'Break'!

1st day with his cast

Smiling on his first day with his cast :)

We were having such a great Spring Break when halfway through, Marcus had a slip off one of our living room chairs and ended up fracturing his leg. It was the most awful experience I've had to go through. He fell Tuesday late afternoon and didn't recover as quickly as he normally does from him being a monkey. He began to limp and it was difficult for him to walk. By the next morning, he didn't get better so we got him to the doctor's right away. Then we had to go get x-rays and then a visit to an orthopedist. Once there, we waited forever for the doctor to come in and begin all the questions that made me very uneasy. I know it's their job to be thorough because I'm sure she's dealt with some very unfortunate accidents (if you know what I mean), but once you are the one who's under the radar it's very uncomfortable, saddening, and heartbreaking because all you want to do is get your baby better and fixed.

All the while Andy was out of town a few days and wouldn't be back until late that night. Then the next day Marcus would have to get x-rays on the rest of his body. Again, it was a horrible nightmare to see my child go through all this, but he really was fine and great through the whole thing. A cast on his leg was certainly not keep him from doing anything and everything.

He's been such a trooper through these past two and a half weeks. It's more me who was having a hard time with it. But we look forward to tomorrow when he FINALLY gets his cast off! I'm more excited than I think he realizes.