His brothers Keeper

It is nap time for the boys around here.
I have been making pies for d'Veers tomorrow so I was busy doing that.
I told Titus to go lay down for his nap. He complained a little and was concerned that Zethan was not having to take a nap as well.
I told him that I would bring Zethan up for his nap in a minute or two. After a few minutes had passed I realized that Zethan wasn't around and was sure he was in the bathroom making a mess of things in there.
I checked the bathroom and no Zethan. Well, he must have followed Titus up stairs and is playing in their room. I got up there and Zethan was already in his bed sitting there with his blankets and a book.
Titus was also in his own bed playing his leapster. I asked Titus if he put Zethan to bed. And he simply answered, "Yes".

I guess he wanted to make SURE that if he had to take a nap, so did Zethan. =)

Girlie

Just a little update in case anyone is curious. Lillie was supposed to get a new shorter cast today. But after looking at the X-rays the doctor said that there had been a little radial drift and felt like it would be premature to put the other cast on. I'm not totally sure what that means but I assumed it just meant that the bones where the break is moved a little on the radius bone. Which is the bigger of the two bones in the arm.

That was a little disappointing but after he explained that the cast would have still gone around her elbow to prevent her arm from being able to twist, it sounded like it would not have been too much better than the one she has on now. I'm not really sure how that would have worked but the doctor said that she would have been able to bend her elbow but still wouldn't be able to twist her arm, and her hand would just still be palm up.

Lillie was sad that she didn't get to choose a new color. She was going to go with yellow or red if they had those colors.

The doctor first said we could come back in a week and get that other kind of cast, and then he thought for a little and said we could just leave this cast on that she has for another two weeks and then just get it off completely and she would go home with a brace thing that could be taken on and off. I told him to just tell us which ever he thought would be best. So we'll go back again in two weeks and see if the cast can come off! Hopefully her arm is healing properly and there won't be any other problems from it.

And as you can see from that picture, her cast is not slowing her down too much. It is probably more of a pain to me because she needs help with more things and keeping it dry is a pain. But I know that it will be a short time and it will just be a memory.

I love Pie

Pie is so good.
Probably my favorite thing to make.
d'Veers is opening up Elbing tomorrow!
The grand opening of the Bakery and Coffee shop!
I get to make pies for it!
So far I have those 2 pumpkin pies in the oven baking,
and have already made today
2 caramel pecans,
2 apples,
and those 2 empty pie crusts are going to be Banana-Strawberry.

Next up is tollhouse pie (my own version of it anyway) and triple berry pie.

So come on out to d'Veers in Elbing tomorrow! Open 8-5, serving breakfast from 8-11 and lunch from 8-2, with all the muffins, coffee cake, goodies, pies, flavored coffee and more that you could want!

Check us out on facebook for more information!

the Three Musketeers

These three little rascals are something else. They love to be together and play together but they love to argue and fight just as much. Some days I just don't know what to do with them.

Zethan is just getting plain naughty sometimes. You'll tell him not to do something and he will just look at you and giggle, then do whatever he is NOT suppose to do. But then he'll do something that is just so sweet. Like just today when we dropped Lillie off for Kindergarten he actually said "love you" to Lillie. Now it wasn't as plain as that but I knew exactly what he said. And he said "sissy" as he pointed to her out the window. I have tried and tried to get him to say Lillie or Sissy and he never has. Until today. So sweet. And he had to make sure that Lillie gave him a kiss and he gave Lillie a kiss.

And Titus. He is just ornery-er than ever. Well again, it is more like just plain naughty. But he never does it maliciously. Just deliberately. Does that even make sense to anyone but me? Anyway, I think with Lillie getting all the attention from breaking her arm and Zethan still being more "needy" than him, I'm pretty certain he has a bad case of the middle child blues. Also, he hasn't seen much of Daddy lately since drilling wheat and harvesting beans has come along. That started about last Thursday I think. With Matt leaving before 7:00 and getting home sometimes well after 10:00. It makes for long days without Daddy attention. But tonight is Awana so we get him for the evening=) And harvest doesn't last forever. And we will get to ride in the combine or tractor or semi whenever they get around to cutting our field! That is always a highlight! Several weeks ago already Titus was asking when Daddy would cut the beans because he wanted another combine ride.

But this morning Lillie was actually up before he left today so she was so excited, she saw him and ran full blast to give him a hug. They love their Daddy. She was excited to show off her pink cast to him. And she was excited for the kids in her class to see it.

And now the house is peaceful with the boys napping and Lillie at school.

Pink Please

Lillie had her scheduled one week check-up with the surgeon today. It went well. Other than we were scheduled towards the end of the day so I guess they had gotten behind a bit. We were there for 2 hours.

But the X-ray showed a little new growth so that was good! And she got to get a new cast! The first one was really loose because the swelling went down. The doctor's words were, "Oh, that's a bit wobbly, huh?"

So Lillie got to pick out a color since it was an office visit. She thought that pink was pretty sweet. It is very HOT pink=) When they took the old cast off, her arm was still bruised and around where it broke was still a little swollen. I'm sure by the time these next weeks go by it will be as good as new=) In 2 weeks she will get another new cast that doesn't go as far up her arm.

She is doing really well with the cast and she has not complained about it at all. I thought maybe she would get really annoyed with it but so far so good.

We are thankful that her arm is healing!