Day 24

Day 24

It's a bird, it's a plane, no it's QUAIL MAN! The above picture is Quail Man, aka Doug's superhero alter ego on Nickelodeon. He was one of my favorite cartoons to watch. I had been thinking how Ethan resembled Quail Man with his diaper on top of his cast and his superhero aura. Thought everyone needed to see the semblence and realize this whole cast thing is more about Ethan's superhero alter ego made public via starfish.

So today we drove back from my parents' home in Marietta to arrive for fun times in Athens. Jared was at his job in Lawrenceville so we had a long day, but we got to see Caroline & her mom, Evelyn. They came over for lunch, and then we ran some errands. Before dinner we went over to Cory's house (Ethan's best friend). It turns out Cory really misses Ethan, and has actually led his mom (my friend, Tamara) down the street to our house to see if Ethan was home to play. Ethan hasn't been much of a friend to Cory lately, but it was really sweet to see them play together today. Cory would bring Ethan his toy ball and train for Ethan to play with, and Ethan would then see more toys of Cory's that he wanted. So greedy. Cory got a tricycle for Christmas that Ethan especially liked, since when I put him on the seat he was already in position to ride it (legs perfectly touching the pedals,etc.). He couldn't go anywhere but he was still excited. Cory started wearing a helmet to ride his tricycle, but he loves his helmet so much he likes to wear it when he's playing around in the front yard. Between Ethan and Cory we looked like we had the special kids play group, with Cory as helmet boy and Ethan as body cast boy. Tamara made up the joke about Cory being special with his helmet, so no worries about offending her. That's why we get along. (NOTE: in the picture above you can spot Cory in the background with his helmet- priceless) (NOTE #2: There is a Saturday Night Live skit with Mike Meyers wearing a helmet that is just like this- please youtube it if you get a chance)

So Ingrid Hunt brought us an amazing chkn and dumplings dinner and brownies:) happy tummy. After dinner I took a "nap" and Jared woke me up around 9:45pm. Love those naps.

Back to teaching class tomorrow and the countdown continues for the cast to come off. Praying that the xrays will show a healed leg and our little son will be able to walk again.

On a sentimental note, I did get a little choked up today seeing Ethan trying to play with the Cozy Coupe car. He was so frustrated that the door wouldn't shut because his leg wasn't able to go inside the car. I started to tear up because I hated seeing him like that and just not being able to play with the toys that he likes. Its almost over God willing, but I think today was one of the first times I saw him revert back to something he really liked and then realize he couldn't do it. That hurt the mom heart in me.

Thankful for:
fun neighborhood friends, good cooking, earth fare lunch:), and nightime naps