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Goose turned 12 yesterday!

This is a photo from her first birthday.

Such sweet memories!

Happy  Birthday Goose!!!!!!

We are so proud of the young woman you have become!!

We love you!!

Mom and Dad

crocheting and concussions

This is my latest creation.  I am in love with the colors! 

I can't wait to wear it this fall.

I have been crocheting like crazy and hope to show you what

I have been up to soon!

Now on to concussions.

On Saturday, Binky was on a metal fence with metal bars, like jail bars, and fell while still holding

onto the railing and slammed his face up against the bars.

His brow bones and the bones under his eyes hit the bars on both sides!

He was disoriented, terrible headache, seeing colors and dizzy when he walked.

He is still dizzy, has a headache and his face hurts!

And some bruising is starting to show.

We went to ER yesterday just to be safe.

Now we are home trying to rest and avoid stimulation.

Do you know how hard that is for a 10 year old boy?

If friends come over they always end up wrestling at some point.

So none of that for this first week!

No TV, video games, computer, wii, physical activity of any kind or reading!

Focusing his eyes at all hurts.

That is for the first week.

Next week we can ease into reading for short periods of time.

So I am reading to him now.

Which I do anyway.

And he is playing with is action figures.

Clone troopers, mostly.

Thank goodness for Star Wars!

knight's helmet

I am not sure why, but Binky decided he wanted to make his own knight's helmet.

He started with a basic sketch.

There are so many designs to choose from!

We did a little research online and found this site very helpful.

We started with cardboard, a stapler and tape.

He had to model his helmet, of course!

And pose with it!

Next, we covered the entire thing with foil.

And now we are working on covering it with paper maiche.

This will take several layers and several days to achieve the final look

he is going for.  I can't wait for the finished product!

I will post pics when we are finished!

So, I had the cancer removed from my arm last week.

It only took about 10 minutes.

Scrape, burn, scrape, burn, scrape, burn.

While I was there, I had one more mole removed to be biopsied.

And the results for that one are benign!!!!!

The doctor also made me feel better about the

upcoming surgery on my face.  I am scheduled for

August 21 at 10am.

Keeping busy with the kids helps keep me calm.

Being crafty, like with Binky's helmet, also is a big help.

How do you keep calm in times of stress?