Our Rotten, Terrible, No Good, Horrible Day (or however it goes...)

So you've heard the saying "a picture says a thousand words", so get a load of this:

Can you believe my baby?!? I guess the title is a bit of an overstatement because it's not actually as bad as the picture leads to believe or it could have been a lot worse, however you want to look at it. So here's the scoop:

The girls and I were at the playground yesterday when Abby wanted to go down the twisty tunnel slide, but she didn't want to go by herself, so I went with her and put Tessa on my lap as well. As we went around the first curve, Tessa must have bonked her leg funny because when we got to the bottom, she was crying. I didn't know if it was because she was hurt or because she just didn't like the slide. She was also very tired, so I thought that was part of it. Anyway, so we went home shortly after and she fell asleep on the way so she took a normal nap. But when she woke up she was still really fussy and that was the first time I attempted to have her walk and she wouldn't even put any weight on her right leg.

So I called Tyler, took the girls to his office, and we went to an urgent care place. They did xrays but couldn't see anything that stood out as being broken or dislocated but they referred us to an orthopedic office which we went to this afternoon. They took more xrays at this office, and the doctor saw a small crack in her bone, right below her knee, so they put her in a full leg cast. At least it's hot pink! But she'll have it for 4 weeks, my poor baby. As long as she was off her leg, she was fine, so her cast wasn't the result of any major break or surgery or anything like that, so like I said it could have been a lot worse, but it was still hard for this mommy to go through.

While we were at one of the many waiting rooms this week, Tyler was trying to make me feel better by reminding me that he had a full leg cast when he was about Tessa's age as well, so he's telling everyone that Tessa is just following in her daddy's footsteps.

Like father, like daughter. That's been our last couple days. Hope yours have gone better. :)

Pumpkin Patch

We went to a pumpkin patch for Abby's preschool field trip this week. It was fun, but rather windy, so everyone got quite cold. Tessa had a hard time being as small as she is, but by the end when we found some sun, she got a little happier. Here's our adventure: Here's Abby feeding a Texas Longhorn. She wouldn't do it without Daddy's help. Tessa had no problem doing it herself, although her hand got really gooey from the bull slober.

Here's the family on the hayride.

Here's the preschool on the hayride. Can you tell it's windy and cold from their faces?

There were lots of picture spots around the area. Abby found this tractor for her picture.

Here's another photo spot that we used even though Tessa was not happy.

Of course, as we headed out to the car to leave, it was warmer in the sun, so Tessa decided she could have a good time after all. I even got her to smile for the camera after she found a pumpkin to sit on.We each got to pick a pumpkin, so here's Abby finding her "perfect" one.We carved our pumpkins the same night, and here's the one I carved. It's my rendition of Tessa complete with curls and four teeth. It looks like her right? :)

Abby's Recipe

So I heard about this from my friend Amy and saw a post on her blog too, so here's the idea:

Have your child dictate to you his or her favorite recipe that you make together in the kitchen. Then add the actual recipe. See the cute results. Here's Abby's version of her favorite recipe - Banana Bread!

Banana Bread

1. Mix sugar and butter until it looks like popcorn.
2. Crack 2 eggs and pull them apart. Stir eggs with finger and pour into bowl. Mix more.
3. Peel 3 brown bananas and put on a plate. Smash them with a fork. Add milk and mash it with the fork.
4. Add bananas to all ingredients and mix it.
5. Stir flour, salt, and bake soda, and put it with the other ingredients.
6. Pour it in the oven and then we eat it!

Banana Bread

1 cup sugar
2/3 cup margarine
2 eggs
2 tablespoons milk
3 mashed bananas
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

1. Cream sugar and margarine, then add eggs, slightly beaten.
2. Mix milk and mashed bananas and then add to egg mixture.
3. Stir together remaining ingredients and add to banana mixture.
4. Split into two pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 60 minutes.
(Note: You can add chocolate chips to the pan before baking if you have a coco-holic husband like I do.)

Finally, as Abby says, "Then Eat It!"

Girls, Girls, and More Girls

So I've had a lot of saved pictures that I think are just so cute, but didn't know when or how to add them to the blog. So here is my answer - a blog of all the cute things the girls in our house do. Enjoy!

Here's our little Tessa fairy .

We always have fairies running around this house... About once or twice a month we have to have a nail-painting evening. Too bad we couldn't get daddy to join us. :(
Here's Tessa after one of her first experiences with a blue M&M. Mmmm, looks yummy.
Abby on her first day of pre-school. ("She's all grown up" the mom says through tears.)

Abby with some other girls at our Melissa Chapel groundbreaking. She loves her vile of dirt. :)Abby showing us her "attitude" after Chloe's blessing at church.
Tessa practicing her "big sister" moves with cousin Chloe. She didn't want to stop holding her. It was so cute! And now, some of my favorite recent pictures. Abby and Tessa have really been playing well together, so I had to get some shots to prove it.
They'll both be great big sisters!
And there's always time for dancing even if at a restaurant as was the case in this picture.

And riding with Elmo at the mall.So here's the story for the next two pictures. I had to make a phone call for Dad's business, so I locked myself in my room so I wouldn't be disturbed. After I was finished and came out, and mind you it was only like a 5 or 10 minute phone call, this is what I found:

Some cake sneakers. Looks like they enjoyed it at least. Better than some things that could have been found I'm sure.

And finally if you're not bored from this post yet, here are some short videos we've taken in the past couple months. The first is of the girls dancing and the second is of Abby boxing her dad on the Wii. There's never a dull moment here! :)