It Doesn't Happen This Way in the Movies

So, we were just sitting down to dinner when Merry slipped and fell and was crying really hard.  It was obvious he had either dislocated or broke his ring finger since it was at a very funny angle.  Aragorn took him to the ER.  A fracture at the base of his finger.  Our first broken bone.  To which Galadriel said, "Is this because we've been drinking milk from the store?" hahaha  (we're waiting for our cow to hatch so no fresh raw milk)

 Pippin came to me a couple hours later to tell me the whole story in great detail.  Pippin decided that he could spin like the "rockstar" in the Johnny Depp's Willie Wonka movie (after Mike Teavee gets shrunken and the Oompa Loompa's are singing their Ode to Mike Teavee, go ahead, look it up we did as I just had to see this, the little zebra stripey one).  Proper to the movie, Pippin gets on the floor and starts spinning with his  imaginary 'violin' (actually it was an electric guitar).  So Merry says, "I can do that!"  and starts spinning in circles in an upright fashion only to slip and land on his finger (how he landed on just 1 finger will be left as one of the mysteries of life we'll never know). 

Only in my house. 

He was given vicodin (ACK!) and they re-broke the bone... (shudder) then splint the fingers together and wrapped it an ace bandage and gave him a sling. 

And his right hand to boot. Galadriel, our leftie, will have to teach him how to use his left hand.
Friday he will go to the Orthopedist to see what next. And just days before his 8th birthday.

Look Who's Walking

 Look who's walking! Marigold chose yesterday to walk across the room.  Just days shy of her 1st birthday.

 Look who's riding!  Eowyn giving Marigold a ride in the 3 wheeled bike bequeathed to Sam for his birthday from his auntie.

 The bluebirds are back... and so is at least 1 humming bird!

 Pippin's photography

 Pippin's disobedience.  "Mommy, k'iy take your picture?"  "No."  *click*

 Um. 

 First day swimming at our favorite spot.  And yes, if you'd like to know about that thing Bilbo is wearing.  Costco $13.89 and they are coastguard approved.

 Only my kids will dredge the lake of the seaweed, which seemed to be in abundance.

 It's that time of year again.  The kids camped out... and tramped in and out of the house all night, not to mention woke up at some ungodly hour of the morning... whatever time the birds start singing.

 Sam's birthday present... if the 3 wheeled bike wasn't enough... was a trip to a hands-on type museum with aunt/uncles.  So the rest of the photos are courtesy of the children who went.

 Flogging a dead horse. haha  kinda like trying to get my kids to do their duties.

 I want one two of these.  Can you just see my whole family in a couple of these bicycle surreys going down a bike trail somewhere?