Poor Eli

I am trying to be better at keeping up with blogging, really I am . I'm only about 6 weeks late in posting this. We had a crazy end to the summer. Eli broke his arm the 2nd week in July and it changed the rest of our summer plans. No more Wet and Wild, no more swimming. The other kids have been so good to do activities that include Eli. Although I  know they could have used more swimming!
It happened one summer morning. We had gone out to the garden and ripped out all of the old corn and squash plants. I told my kids if they worked hard, they could spend the rest of the morning relaxing. So, Andrew and Eli were playing Mario Party on the wii. Eli finally won and was so excited he ran and jumped over the couch. Well, his foot caught the headrest and he tumbled down the backside of it...landing right on his left arm. He immediately told me he broke his arm. I told him to sit down and we'd get some ice and see. Well, arms aren't supposed to have a big old crink in them, so we loaded up and headed to the ER. Long day at the hospital, bones are set. He was a trooper. He didn't cry that much, but Andrew did throw up and almost pass out at Urgent Care. He is my squeamish one :)  Good news was he did not need surgery, just 6 weeks in a cast. And "YES!" we are counting the days until it comes off!