Kids in a line
Two families. 8 kids. 10+ years of friendship.
Tag: Shecklet #3
Waddles
Shecklet #3 completed this Perler bead project with her Aunt Larissa. (It’s Waddles from Gravity Falls.)
Puzzles and lollipops
My aunt in SD sent the Shecklets a surprise package with a few fun treats inside. It’s always great getting mail that you’re not expecting! And the puzzle she sent is something Shecklet #3 can easily do with both of her hands 😊
Seeing pink
Our nephew is gaining a co-pilot later in the year and we are SO excited!
The news was shared with us at my MIL’s birthday party dinner tonight. First we saw our nephew’s shirt and then later, he gave Grandma Patti a flower with a little balloon that says “Baby Girl” along with an ultrasound photo on pink paper.
And the orthopedic doctor says…
Humerus should be fully healed in 6-8 weeks. Shecklet #3 can remove the sling and move the arm as tolerated. Wrapping it with the ace bandage we received is optional, but she’s found it does provide some stability while she sleeps, so we’ll continue to wrap her up each night until she’s feeling more confident without it. Next check is in four weeks when they’ll do another round of x-rays to see how the bone is healing. (Unicorn headband is compliments of friends of ours who came over on Saturday to cheer her up.)
Break #2 in seven months
We had a solid run of 13 years without a broken bone that ended last fall. We now have our second break in 7 months.
This brave girl took a hard fall on Friday night while riding on some pretty tricky snow. Ski patrol brought her down the run and evaluated her before we took her home. Ortho urgent care diagnosed a broken humerus. ☹️ Follow up with the doctor is next week. We are praying she heals quickly and completely and that her pain decreases over the next couple of days.
First scooter ride of 2021 🛴
This trio isn’t ready to give up their winter sports quite yet, but with the temp hitting 50 today, they were ok busting out their scooters to enjoy a ride around the block and do tricks in the driveway.
Ash Wednesday 2021
The local paper was at our parish tonight and took pictures of parishioners receiving ashes on their foreheads for Ash Wednesday. This year was unique in that the ashes were distributed using q-tips. The online article contained a gallery of 10 photos and one of them was of three of the Shecklets!
Crafty Saturday
It’s freezing here in MN. I know that’s not surprising. However, when the high temps are in the single digits and the “feels like” temps are below zero, there’s not much that you can safely do outside. (Jake and Shecklet #4 went skiing last night for a couple of hours before the temps really dropped and it was 🥶.)
I told the kids today was going to be a “screen break day,” so not to ask me or their dad to watch movies or play video games. They asked if we could invite one of their aunts over, and I told them they could see if she was free. She was. And she brought over some of her her craft supplies.
The kids made perler bead creations and did a few projects with the Cricut, including a super cute birthday banner for Shecklet #4’s upcoming birthday. I sorted a new batch of perler beads throughout the afternoon/evening while the crafters worked. At the end of the night, we finished sorting the whole bucket of 8,500 beads!
Here’s what was made today.
Rite of passage
Shecklet #3 has wanted to get her ears pierced for a while, but the timing has always been off. First it was basketball season and then lake season. Pandemic season seemed like the perfect time to finally schedule an appointment for her to have it done.
I originally thought I’d take her to a tattoo/piercing parlor, but the location we checked out a year and a half ago isn’t doing piercings right now. Enter kid-friendly option Rowan Piercing, located in select Target stores. Trained nurses use numbing cream and kindness to put the kids at ease. It was a great experience and Shecklet #3 is thrilled with the results!
Before and preparing for earring placement:
During and after piercing:
After:
Without a mask. Now her job for the next six weeks is to clean and twist the earrings 2-3 times a day. Knowing her, she will take this responsibility seriously.
