Spring Break is here

Today was the first day of our spring break.  We had a nice day with a bit of cleaning, a trip to the Library, and a friend playdate.  I let the kids eat dinner in the living room while they watched a movie tonight.  One they scored at the library today. After I ate, I drifted off to sleep for a nap.  Which was lovely, but now I cannot sleep.  So I thought it was high time for an update on Meredith's toe.  Her surgery went great.  She came home within an hour of waking up.  She was in a lot of pain for next few days, lying in bed with her foot up in ice.  She missed school on Monday and Tuesday.  We took her to the doctor's office to get her dressing changed and got a good look at her incision.

 Mer couldn't look at it for too long.  She gets totally grossed out by stuff like this.

  I sent her to school Wednesday and she ended up staying the whole day.  Thursday she stopped taking pain medication because her stomach had started to hurt from the 2 Lortabs she had been consistently taking every 5 hours. She has toughed out the worst of it though and now only complains about it itching too much.  Tomorrow we will go to get the stitches taken out.  She has started to walk on it now, only using her crutches for long distances walking away from home.  4 1/2 more weeks and counting, until she gets the boot off too.

We are eagerly awaiting the arrival of company tomorrow.  My Mom and Dad and Sis and Bro are coming to visit for a week. We are all excited but Jack most of all.  He has put himself in charge of all countdowns.  He is always wanting to know how many days 'til grandma comes, how many days 'til Spring Break is over, how many days until Easter.  I think we need to make paper chains for his various anticipated events.

 Speaking of Jack, he really wanted to do a science fair project this year. So the weekend of Mer's surgery we had some fun studying, making, and erupting volcanoes...and mentos mixed with Diet Coke.

 I also repainted our kitchen nook that weekend.   The plan is to continue with this color throughout the living room. I'm not sure how long it will take me to get to it though.  I've been planning on painting the nook to test out the color since October.  You can see the color in this picture, but I'll try to get a better one from farther away.

I am a little obsessed with Gray right now.  We just bought new gray leather couches on Saturday.  They will be delivered Wednesday.

And I leave you now with a picture of Max and his spoils.  Max was eating Angry birds fruit snacks last month and he found a package that only had 1 fruit snack in it.  He wrote them a letter about his dissatisfaction and they sent him 2 new boxes to make up for it.  He was totally thrilled of course.

Good Night!