In this past week at home, Marcus has come up with some games he can play with Ellen, like letting her take things off his head. However, being around his sister all day is getting a little old, so he was glad to hear that he was allowed to go back to school.
Here he is playing with a friend on his first day back at school.
We went to a pirate-theme birthday party today. The party itself wasn't Marcus's favorite since he couldn't participate in many of the activities (see arm), but the dressing up part was really fun!
A perfectly fun afternoon at the park ended abruptly with Marcus letting go of the monkey bars at the wrong angle... resulting in a horrific-looking break. A few inches up from his wrist was pointing up at more than a 45 degree angle (no exaggeration) and his and was limply dangling. Luckily, no blood was shed and the orthopedic reset the bones pretty quickly. Now, we just wait to make sure he can still use his hand the same way as it heals. For now, eating yogurt with the left hand is a messier affair.
After a night of successful sleep, the tired but excited crew headed out for pumpkins.
Marcus was up all night with the stomach bug that was going around school, so we spent most of today close to home. Johan and Marcus slept while Ellen and I hung around the house--here's Ellen "reading" a book.
Her favorite (and only) word is Mamma, applied to all things at this point!
