First Broken Bone

We have our first broken bone.

Who is it?

Andie!

She fell off a dining room chair when we were in Chetek. We took her to the clinic right in Chetek. They took Xrays and they all came back negative. We let her run wild all weekend, but things just didn't seem right. So, Jen took her to Gillette's this morning (with the help of her sister-in-law Amy). The Xrays showed a tiny hairline fracture in her upper elbow. Andie got to pick the cast color (pink or purple). She grabbed the purple right away. She's not a big fan of the cast yet, but I am sure she will discover the advantages of it soon! At least we don't have to worry about pain-which she wasn't in a lot to begin with-only when bending or straightening the arm. We keep this on for about 3 1/2 weeks, then we're all done :)

Here she is:

More Tball

TBall is in full swing and we've taken a lot of pictures. Here's Daniel at the pitcher's mound.

Fielding a ball from the pitcher's mound.

Standing on first after a nice single.

Coach going over the game plan

Talking to the cheerleader

Playing catcher

More catcher

Cheering on the team

The star of the game

Daniel fielding the ball from the pitcher's mound

Our big Home Run hitter


The Honkers team cheer before and after the game

Big Boy Daniel

The chain on Daniel's bike fell off yesterday. Since Nate was gone, Daniel called on our neighbor Tom to help him fix it. Tom did a great job, but had to take the training wheels off to fix the bike. Much to Jen's dismay, Daniel insisted he was big enough to ride without them. He did an amazing job! Here are a couple of videos of the night tonight. Enjoy watching the little guy be soo proud of his accomplishment :) (and Nate getting a pretty good workout) We sure are proud too!

Spring Fun

We've been busy this spring...here are some pics for you to enjoy.

Nate was our storm supervisor. This was a wall cloud from a storm that produced some tornadoes close to us.

Daniel and Andie having some painting fun (notice the paint on themselves too :) )

Our Hummingbirds

WE LOVE bubbles!

Andie giving a big smile for her friend Jack

Mutated Tulip

One of Jen's favorite things are tulips. For this reason, we have about 20 tulip bulbs planted. We have either deer or bunnies eating them because every year we're disappointed at the number we actually see. This year we have been watching our sole surving tulip plant...and look at it! It has over 60 little tulip flowers blossomed already with a bunch more to flower yet.

This is a picture looking from top down This is a pic from the side. (Sorry about the blur, the camera focused on the woodchips in the background). At the bottom of the tulip are a lot more green mini-tulips yet to turn purple.

Just wanted to share a little bit of fun with you all!

TBall

Tball has started! Nate is making a great head coach and Daniel is the cutest little thing out there. (And, by little I mean the littliest one!) They don't quite get the concept yet, but they're doing a great. Daniel will slide into home every time he gets there. He can hit and run great - he has speed :) He's pretty good at getting grounders. But the catching and throwing need a little work. Here's a pic of him up to bat. I'll have to work on getting a close up of him in uniform. Their team name is the Honkers.

Here's a video of practice. Daniel's on 3rd base.

Andie wouldn't stop saying 'cheese' so I took one of her.

Happy Spring!

We can be outside. Finally! The last couple of weeks have been busy ones for us. We went to the cabin over Mother's Day. It was wonderful weather. We started in Altoona at Irvine Park on Saturday morning. I just took the pictures off my phone, so we must have more on the camera. Here's Andie outside the bear/tiger den.

One morning it was raining, so Daniel put on his rain boots and got out the umbrella to shield himself and Andie as they walked into school. Mommy stayed in the rain, but it was all worth it for this picture.

Park fun! We have gotten out to the neighborhood parks a couple of nights now. Daniel will either ride his bike or scooter and Andie will either ride a little hot-wheels type bike or the cozy coupe while being pushed. It takes us quite a while to get to the park or even around the block!
Andie LOVES her new hat from the Easter bunny.
The kids also enjoy these new chairs. Daniel has started to call it his 'snack' chair. I guess they've gotten a couple snacks while sitting in here...

School Pictures have been taken. Andie's turned out great, so here it is (We bought the digital rights to it so we could print our own pictures). Daniel's turned out ok, but none that we loved. So, we'll have to get his 4yr pics scheduled soon.

Daniel on his scooter. What a fast little guy!