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The day before the day before we leave


Evan’s tripping on the stairs yesterday afternoon was not a biggie…yesterday. Sure, he was limping a little, but it was nothing a good night sleep couldn’t cure….right? When he couldn’t put any weight on it this morning, my list of things to do changed dramatically. Instead of going down my list and checking it twice, I took Evan to the pediatrician, then the hospital for xrays, then the orthopedic because he fractured his foot in two places. Praise God he didn’t need to be casted. He just has a special shoe to wear around until we get home from China. Poor guy. Now, no time to be blogging! I have to catch up with my list!

Best quote of the day was from Drew in the exam room, totally out of nowhere (seemingly), “Why is it called a forehead when you don’t have four heads?”
Now, back to work!

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Happy Birthday to my firstborn

Though it seems that all we’re doing around here is preparing for our journey to a faraway land (in 84 hours now…), there are other family things going on around here. And, I rallied to make sure some attention was given to them!

Not only was this weekend the infamous children’s sale (for all you nonlocals, it’s a big consignment sale where my sister and I sell our used and no longer wanted items and basically swap them for other people’s used and no longer wanted items. Sounds simple. It’s a ton of fun, and we’re totally into it.), today–I know that the post date on this will say the 21st because I am up at 12:30 doing this; I so intended to blog before midnight to get the right date on the post; darn it–okay, so today was Evan’s 8th birthday. I can’t believe he’s already 8. He thinks he grew last night; and, frankly, so do I. He looks so big to me. (sigh)
He wanted a robot party at Chick Fil A, an odd combination for sure. But, we managed to do it. We got a cookie cake and put a robot on top. Everyone there (our family and 2 friends) drew a robot and then we stapled the pages together to make a book for Evan as a keepsake. This was the easiest party in all of my parenting years. The combination of having gorgeous low 70s weather, chicken and fries, presents, and a day devoted all to you—it really doesn’t get any better. Evan said to several people today, “Did you know it was my birthday?” When they answered, “Oh? No, I didn’t. Happy birthday!” he just smiled and sheepishly said “thanks.”
Some of his gifts from his friends, family, and us included an eyeclops, a Star Wars transformer, Pokemon stuff, some new shirts (the boy likes his cool shirts), a couple robots (of course), some doodle books, a science kit, some Bakugan stuff, and a couple games.
Okay, I’m officially taking a break from China preparations and blogging to go upstairs and watch an episode of 24 (remember my earlier post about getting into 24?).

Here are the kids finishing up their dinners–clearly, Ashlyn and Drew already finished theirs and were a bit anxious for the boys to join them in the playground.

A cookie cake a little too sickening sweet to eat, in my opinion. Evan loved it though.

Very happy to get a robot pencil sharpener.

And, this is how we spent most of the time, relaxing at the table while the kids played. I tell you, this was the easiest birthday party ever.

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