Finally, summer weather!

We skipped spring and went

straight into summer! 

Syd has been playing outside constantly and

both kids are turning brown. 

Syd still has 2 days left of school, bummer! 

We are definitely ready for school to be DONE! 

                                          













Alex is in purple casts again.  It seems way too hot to be in two full length leg casts, but he doesn't even seem to notice.  His left heel has dropped enough that they could put him in braces but his right heel is being stubborn and is moving slower than the other.  They should know in the next two castings if he'll need the surgery to loosen the right side.  Hopefully it will drop on it's own and we'll start braces within the month.  That would be fantastic!!!  Alex is doing great with the casts and I'm getting super tired of them!  Wednesdays are my least favorite day of the week because it's casting day and the poor kid's even crying when I put him in the bathtub, he knows what's coming.  He takes comfort in his love of food-glorious food!

Piano Recital

Syd had her piano recital last weekend and did really well.  She said was nervous at first but as soon as she started playing everything was good!  We went out to dinner to celebrate her success and pigged out at a buffet, her favorite kind of foods.  And she even wore a dress! 

Alex has blue casts again.  James finally got to take him to his appointment to enjoy the fun of the screaming and flailing while I got to go to the zoo on a first grade field trip.  Who had more fun???  It's a toss up.  His heel has been dropping on his own so he may only be in the casts for 2 more weeks and then into the braces!  WooHoo!!!

Bye Bye White

Thank goodness the white casts are off!  Nothing like a constant reminder on how badly our carpets need cleaned!  So we're back to Broncos orange.  This is his fifth set of casts and his feet are coming along great!  His heel has started to drop which is really good news, so they'll keep an eye on that over the next couple of castings to see if they will continue to drop.

First day of casts

and 

3 days ago!

WOW!

 

 

Happy Mother's Day

Alex and Pap Pap

Alex is really working on standing.  He looks like Forest Gump when he was a kid in braces teaching Elvis the hip moves!

What to do with white casts...

So our new casts are (were) a nice shiny white that lasted about 5 minutes.  So I took Alex to Syd's class and let them sign away!  They had a great time and Alex is so easy going that he just sat there and tried to "beep" everyone's noses.  It's amazing how easy going and mellow he is.

Getting the casts on however is a different story.  After fighting with the casts for at least 30 minutes in the tub, we go to get the new ones on.  So he gets about 1 1/2 hours of free legs.  He always starts to whimper when we get to the casting room because he knows what's going to happen.  I tried holding him in my lap while they cast him but he fights sooo much I can hardly hold onto him.  This week we lay him on the bed and he still fought but it was easier for the therapists to hold his legs still. 

In 2-3 weeks they're going to evaluate his feet to see if he'll need the minor surgery to cut his tendons, he most likely will need to have this done.  Then he'll be in casts for 3 more weeks, so we're looking at being cast free in 5-6 weeks and then into braces.  He's such a little trooper and is doing really well with standing and starting to try to walk. 

Moving Along

Alex got his third set of casts yesterday and they say his feet are improving in flexibility quicker than they expected.  Good news!  He does not like getting the casts on but after a good long nap, he zooms around as usual.  I think if he didn't have the casts on he'd be walking by now.  He must really like the blue casts because he seems to be fascinated with them and has been in a fantastic mood!

Syd's school had a fundraiser, Run With Timber (school mascot) and she was pretty pooped by the end.  Thirteen laps around the field which is about 1 1/2 miles.  Alex had fun watching though.

 Blowing a kiss!

Hangin' with friends

Syd and Teagan painting at the Childrens Museum.

Tough girls in the shop!

This is the T-Rex that Syd built in the workshop.

Alex liked to just watch the girls play!

New bright Broncos orange casts!