Catching Up ~

This break has just about done me in! Jackson managed to break his radius AND his humerus (elbow) and it has been AWFUL. He has been in so much pain ~ the medicine makes him talk out of his head (which is pretty funny!). Last night he seemed better, but we had an awful storm so he was still up for abotu 2 hours! I am SO not used to being up at all hours of the night ~ I feel like I have a newborn again! (yawn!) Needless to say ~ we are hoping and praying that each day continues to be better for him!

We were out of school Monday and I was sooo thankful! I cleaned, got caught up on laundry, and even cleaned out my closet! Jackson was not feeling well, so he pretty much laid around all day. On Tuesday, he stayed in my classroom at school. The Dr. said we had to be careful that he not fall or get bumped until he gets the hard cast. Well....he is five and that's hard to do! He was worn out from the all nighter he pulled the previous night, so he slept a good part of the day! He was SO excited when we realized that Tuesday was the day of the magic show! All the kids who sold 10 magazines got to attend the show. One of my sweet students offered to take him and sit with him so he could attend! He LOVED it!!!!


Mary Dalton has been SO sweet to her brother! She has waited on him and loved him every second! They make my heart smile! :)


Here he is camped out behind my desk! His class made him cards, he was so proud of them! They also stopped by to see him and he got to make a trip to the AR store with them! He is reading SO well!!!! His teacher said she thinks he may even be reading better than MDD did in K5! So thankful that they both read well and ENJOY it!!!!

Tuesday night, Mary Dalton had her 1st performance with her new dance group! They danced at the county fair. It was rainy and chilly ~ so Dalton stayed home with Jax and I took Priss!

She did a great job and was so sweet!
After she danced, she and a friend from school rode every ride multiple times! NO ONE was at the fair so they had the place to themselves! They even got to play games for FREE ~ something free at the fair???? Shocking!!!!

Sweet friends before the performance ~

This morning, we were up at and em early! Mary Dalton and her doll Lexi May left with Suz to go to Atlanta! They are living it up at the Ritz Carlton (club level at that!) and going to the American Girl Doll store tomorrow to shop, get Lexi Mae's hair done and have tea! Aunt Sue-anna is also there and brought along her AG doll from way back when! ;) Mary Dalton was SOOOO excited about this special trip! She called me earlier and was talking 90 mph!

We will pick her up tomorrow and I am going to ATL for TWO nights! I have tried to go to market with them several times and it never works out, so I am REALLY looking forward to going! In the meantime, I am writing out list after list for sitters, Dalton, the kids, etc. Packing, laying out clothes, food, money, etc. to hold everyone over until I get home! I may be even more excited than Mary Dalton! ha! I have not been off alone in two years, so I am a weeeee bit excited!

I took the day off today to take Jackson to the ortho dr.

He got a camo cast!!!! How cool is that????

Everything is healing up nicely and even better than the Dr. expected! The cast is up to his shoulder, but we go back in 3 weeeks for xrays and will either get a shorter cast or maybe even a splint!!!! Woohoo!!!! I am praying he SLEEPS tonight because that little man is wearing his mama out!!! ;)

It's hard to believe October is halfway over! We still have a busy month left! Our next BIG adventure is Nana coming for a visit next weekend ~ we can't wait!!!!