Broken Arms, Braids, Duckies, and Strep

Well, as many of you already know, Reagan broke her arm. She was running in P.E. (holding hands with a friend) and tripped and fell. She broke her radial bone near the wrist. So she gets to wear a cast for 4 to 5 weeks. She was really sad about the whole thing. She really didn't want to wear a cast or a sling. So I got an idea to put patches on her sling to make it fun.

So this is the picture of Reagan with her sling pre patches.


And this this is the picture post patches. She has finally gotten used to the whole cast thing after 1 1/2 weeks.

The funny thing is that this happened the day that she returned to school after having the flu. So she went to school for a half day and then missed the rest of the week (due to doctor's orders).

We got really lucky because Old Navy was having a huge sale. So we bought a ton of long sleeves shirt and cut the right sleeve. We also found a jacket there that fits over her cast. Totally blessed!

One thing that we have discovered is that Reagan is still quite the little artist even with her left hand. She loves to draw and the cast just can't hold her back.


So when Reagan was little, I always put bows in her hair and had it done up in some way or another. I always figured that it didn't matter what I looked like as long as my baby looked beautiful (which in my opinion isn't hard considering how pretty she is---no bias at all, right). Well then there is the second child, Jenna. Poor thing, Mommy actually cares what she looks like these days which means Jenna is the last minute hair job. So I haven't played around too much with Jenna's hair. But for some reason, I started thinking about how I used to put Reg's hair in braid and thought, why not try it on Jenna. So here is a picture of Jenna's first ever braids.

Pretty decent for a wiggle worm.

And of course, Reagan wanted in on the braid photo shoot. So I quickly did her hair too.


Last night, I made some cookies and told the girls they could have some after their bath. At this point, Reagan wasn't up to put anything in her body (she felt horrible). But Jenna thought that her rubber ducky definitely needed a cookie. She walked around the house saying "Ducky need cookie!" over and over again. So I sat her down and cut her cookie in half. One half for Jenna and one half for Ducky. She fed Ducky his half and would occasionally take a bit to help him out. It was pretty funny. Needless to say, the duck's beak was covered in chocolate after "eating" his share.


Jenna had so much fun, I wouldn't be surprised if Ducky was sitting at the dinner table tonight.


Well, last night we were up the whole night. Reagan a had horribly high fever which we were having problems getting down. After a blessing and a dip in the tub, it went down slightly. I took her to the doctor this morning and found out that she has a bad case of strep. Her throat doesn't hurt. But she has fever, headache, vomiting, and an upset stomach. So after missing a week of school, Reagan is out of school for at least another 2 days (this isn't including other absences). This poor kid has been having back to back illnesses/accidents. I am hoping that the Spring weather will bring less illness for her. But I know that is just wishful thinking.

Now we'll just have to wait and see when Jenna and I get it. Oh the fun never ends!