Hello world. Here I am… it is Monday again. I spent a great deal of computer time last week working on my first challenge for the Stand up and Scrap contest. I’d love to post it here and show you all but the contest in anonymous. I’ll do it after the contest is over. If you want to you can check out the gallery here. Maybe you’ll be able to pick mine out. The challenge was all about dreaming big.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has a genius, magic and power to it.” -Goethe
If you could have one dream come true what would it be?
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So, we had another major accident that involved the emergency room. Emma fell off our swing set last night and landed on her arm just right to break the bones in her arm. Yup, both of them, the ulna and the radius. They are compound fractures so she’ll have her cast for 4 weeks. It’s pretty much a bummer. She cried most the night and woke up every 45 min. I feel so bad for her. I’m not to upset about it though because I think kids are pretty resilient when if comes of stuff like this. I had a few broken bones in my day. She felt well enough in the morning that she wanted to go to preschool and show off her cast for show and tell. She’ll be getting the hard cast on Friday. Hopefully she can get a pink or purple one.
Right after she fell off the swing and I was holding her, she said that she wanted to go lay in her bed and that I should call all her friends over so that they could come see her. “What?” I thought “You’re in pain and all you want is to have your friends come wish you well.” My little miss Social Light.
One thing that did concern me though was when she came home from the Dr’s last night she said “Everyone is going to laugh at me.” Why is she so worried what people think at such a young age? I’ve made an effort to not make comments about what people will think if she wears something funny or mismatched. “Whatever you want, girl.” But somehow, society still seems to rub away that innocence. She seems to take peoples opinions to heart. Perhaps it’s just the way her special little self is. Hummm… I think when she’s older we will have to be really conscious of this subject.
My name is Manda and I love creating 
Oh no! It’s been a crazy year for you guys….I’m so sorry about Emma’s arm. You have a good attitude about it. That is crazy how early kids start to feel self conscious…..and it carries throughout adulthood…..
Tell Emma that Jake says he is sorry she broke her arm and hopes she feels better soon. You guys might want to look into secondary health insurance!
poor baby. and those fingers don’t look so comfortable either, all puffy. i had quite a few broken bones as a child myself. we all tend to remember the bones, but not the pain. she’ll have quite a story to tell some day.
Oh my goodness, Mand! What’s next?? Hopefully you guys are done with hospital visits for now. I did chuckle a tiny bit because broken bones at a young age is so in her genes. She couldn’t have helped it.
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Poor baby, being self conscious about it. Sometimes I wish I could lock ‘em up and keep them protected from the world.
Oh my! poor baby! (and mommy!) Hopefully she gets to feeling better about it. So sad about her worrying about what other people are going to think
And good luck with your layout! I got mine in last night (phew!) There are some awesome layouts in there so I’m not expecting too much but it was good to challenge myself ya know? Ah well, I’m keeping the faith and hopefully I will get further in this one than in the SBG contest! LOL
I’m so sorry, it’s so sad to see them hurt. When my little one just slightly bonks his head, I feel so bad for him…and he’s totally fine!!
It’s amazing how sensitive our little spirts are. I totally feel for her. I pray everyday that Kashton doesn’t have my insecurities.
Good luck with the contest. I’m excited to see what you’ve done. I don’t know how to do anything like that, so I’m fascinated!!!
Tell Emma Carol hopes she feels better soon. She did one of those “OH” with a painful/shocked look on her face when I told her and showed her the picture. I would have thought Isaac would break a bone first the way he’s been going.
I looked through the contest pages. I could tell which ones definitely weren’t yours but don’t know which one was. Good luck! When do they announce the winners?
Oh so sad for Emma! My daughter did the exact same thing–fell from a swing set and broke both bones in her arms–but she was only 22 months.
And I can’t believe the self-consciousness is already happening! They must pick it up from each other at school. I guess as parents we have to be extra careful not to reinforce it! I know I’ve caught myself appealing to what other people might think if she didn’t do whatever thing I was trying to get her to do at the moment. The opposite of the values I really want to teach! Whoops!