February 2013 ~ TheDeMariaFamily

Thursday, February 28, 2013

My Builders

Posted on 3:11 PM by Unknown

We have a pile of bricks that the previous owners left in our yard. The kids, now that it's warmer, have started playing with them. They would unpile them, then pile them back up . To exercise Jake's arm I told him to move the pile to the opposite side of the yard. It took them about 10 minutes hahaha!

He said he was building Grandpa's truck!

Anthony with his masterpiece, Grandpa's truck too!

The girls jumping like crazy!

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

On The Tramp Again!

Posted on 3:05 PM by Unknown

Within 10 minutes of being home from getting his cast off I found Jakob on the trampoline. That stink!

I told him he could sit only, no jumping!

He didn't think that was too fun, so he got off. See how he is holding his arm. He holds it like his cast is still on. I think it's is still really stiff so it doesn't hurt to hold it this way.

Anthony with his carrot.

Jaileigh picking the frostbitten lemons off the tree.

Annie was tuckered out and napped for quite awhile.

We had a picnic on the grass.

Michael

We moved the picnic to the trampoline so the sun wouldn't shine in their eyes.

Mom, take my picture!

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Bye Bye Cast!

Posted on 2:46 PM by Unknown

On Monday February 25, 2013 Jakob got his cast removed. I was so excited. We had a countdown going on and I think I was more excited than Jake was. Preschool was cancelled that day so I ended up having to take all the kids with me. They were so excited to go!

In the waiting room.

Waiting to get it cut off.

He had pulled all the stuffing out of both sides and cut so much of it off I didn't think there was any left. He had also started chipping away the cast around his hand.

Waiting quietly- Anthony and Michael.

Annie and Jaileigh were "cleaning" out my purse.

Last picture with the cast on.

When the cast first came off his eyes filled with tears. When he is at the doctors he clams up and won't talk. He gets really shy and usually hangs his head. I asked him if his arm hurt and he said yes! The nurse said that was common to hurt at first. She said it usually feels weird to have the cast removed and his arm was probably really stiff from not being able to move it for 5 weeks.

I made him smile for the picture but he was not a happy camper. He wanted his cast back on.

You can see his arm has a divet in it, toward the wrist. This was where his arm was twisted when it broke. The doctor explained, when he first put the cast on, that this would happen. He could have done surgery to straighten it, but he said it will actually fix itself over time. Young kids have amazing healing powers and his body will fill in and straighten out on its own. For now, his arm looks a little strange. It looks like it is still broken.

When the cast was taken off I really expected it to stink and to be nasty but it wasn't. The cast didn't stink and his arm looked really, really good. No gross hanging skin or nasty stench. His hand had a callous on the palm that we took care of with some aquaphor. I also rubbed aquaphor on his arm for a couple of days after.

The doctors instructions were to be careful for the next 3 weeks. No trampoline, bikes, scooters, running, sports etc. He said it was still mending and could be broken very easily. GREAT! Argh! He doesn't understand how hard it is to keep Jake calm!

There was an older girl in there with the same cast as Jake, that screamed and cried and screamed some more when she got her cast off. At first I was thinking she was getting her cast on because she was almost hysterical. While we were in the waiting room, waiting to make his next appointment I asked her if her arm hurt (she was still bawling). She said, yes! I told her Jake said his arm hurt too. She looked at him and stopped crying. Drama queen!

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Monday, February 25, 2013

Night On The Town . . . Ha Ha!

Posted on 2:30 PM by Unknown

A night on the town, with the kids! We took the kids to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. They love that place! I think it's the peanuts and how loud it is. They also have very good food!

Anthony being a stinker!