the blue beauty {brennan gets a cast}

brennan charmed the ladies of primary children's casting clinic this afternoon.

they were rolling at all of his one liners.

and the redheaded nurse turned to me and goes,

"this kid is really funny isn't he?"

and i was all,

"you have no idea!"

then she explained how to take care of the waterproof cast.

and was so intense about it that it totally freaked me out,

and i wondered if we should have just gotten a regular cast.

{and then the doctor came in and told me it was not that big of a deal.}

the first thing brennan said once his cast was on was,

"it's so heavy."

and then does the test arm lift like there was a thousand pounds hanging off of his bandaged arm.

then he inspected it by moving his blue beauty every which way and direction.

my favorite part was when he had a psychedelic moment with his fingers.

waving them in front of his eyes.

then off to the side,

and finally came to the conclusion that yes,

he can in fact move them all at the same time.

{his fingers.}

maybe you had to be there...

the doctor was taking forever,

and brennan was yawning,

so then i yawned,

so i taught brennan about how yawning is contagious.

and after i explained what contagious meant,

he would yawn over and over again,

and laugh hysterically that when he would yawn,

i would yawn.

and then we decided we should take yawning pictures.

so here is our best yawning picture.

and then the doctor came in and we were yawning at my camera,

and we most definitely looked pretty silly.

when we got home,

max came running up to us with her Ariel doll,

and gave brennan a big hug.

while we were gone,

my mom and max made a matching blue cast for Ariel.

and max was SO excited to show us.

it was so cute, 

i nearly died.

{no mermaids were harmed in the making of this photo.}

{no brennan's were harmed in the casting of this arm.}

baking soda & bee stings

THE CAST:

FOUR 4-year old boys.

{two of them are now five, but whatever.}

one 2 year old girl.

one 18 mo old boy.

and one baby man chase.

....

HOW?

1. popsicles

2. a good firm voice while cupping your hands around your mouth

and 

3. BAKING SODA.

...

WHY?

the last day of summer vacation.

why i gave BAKING SODA my MVP AWARD for the day...

4 boys chasing a bee up the stairs of the slide.

4 boys looking closely at the bee.

2 moms telling the 4 boys not to touch the bee or bother the bee.

2 toddlers looking at 4 boys chasing a bee.

4 boys trying to soak the bee with a cup of water.

ANGRY BEE.

angry bee bit brennan.

one screaming brennan climbs to the top of the slide.

3 boys, 2 toddlers, and 2 moms looking at screaming brennan.

one mom {me} convinces brennan to come down.

my finger in water,

my finger in baking soda.

my finger in water again.

{this is the mixture i used}

baking soda paste on bee sting.

one brennan stops screaming.

one minute goes by.

one bee sting gone.

COMPLETELY GONE.

red bump, bee sting prick, pain, and all.

thank you THANK YOU baking soda.

please you for all of your future bee sting needs.

:):):)

the door won.

her toe nail had a fight with the door to the garage.

the door won.

so sad.

i didn't know what to do, 

so i just held a paper towel down on her big toe, 

put that toe nail back where it was supposed to be, 

and fastened a band aid with neosporin right on top.

two days later,

and she's still limping around on the heel of her foot.

here's to hoping it doesn't get infected.

i think this one's going to take a few more princess band aids 

before we can really throw this ouchie in the garbage.

{you can un-churn your stomach now.}