Peter's thumb

After we were done eating at the dinner for my sister's wedding, Peter was running around. I knew he was pretty restless and so I just let him go. They announced for the guests to line the hallway so we could say goodbye to the bride and groom. So, I went with the crowd and hung out in the hall. One of my nephews came to me and said, "You need to go get Peter. He just shut his thumb in the door." So, I went back to the room where we ate.

I found Peter quite hysterical on my sister's lap. According to the stories, Peter was playing with some big double doors. He loves to shut doors, and these were no exception. He didn't get his thumb out of the way and shut it in the door. The people there couldn't get the doors open and adults were banging on the doors in attempts to open them back up. So, his thumb was pinched for 5-10 seconds. 

When I saw his thumb, the tip was very swollen with a dark line under the joint and the rest kind of white. After a few minutes, it was all just red and swollen with the indentation. I showed it to my dad. He said it might be broken, but that kids heal quickly and well and that nothing would really be done anyway. So, we don't know for sure if it's broken.

Today it's still really swollen and he seems to be careful with it and protects it. 

Sorry it's out of focus, but the other picture didn't show the two thumbs side by side as well.

Wedding

My younger sister got married! I love seeing families started! She had a beautiful ceremony in the temple. Her husband is a funny and great guy! He adores her and treats her very well. We're excited to have him added to the family. He's the same age as Scott and I, which is fun. 

My immediate family.

The bride and groom with their sisters and brothers. Just the brothers-in-law are missing. We love them, too!

Scott was fabulous and played photographer. So, this is the only picture we have on our camera with him in it.

Rules

I try to be consistent in rules and consequences.
 Tonight Richard informed me he didn't like the consequence of not eating his dinner. He said, "I'm going to keep whining and making annoying noises until you give me dessert." He proceeded to do such. He went into one of the worst tantrums he's had in a while.
Are you feeling motivated to give him dessert, yet? Yea, me neither. Bedtime one hour early!

Wrestling

We signed Richard up for wrestling. That's the only sport the city will let his age group participate in right now. I admit I was not really excited about it, but Scott said he always wanted to do it when he was growing up. I figured I could let Richard try it out and he could decide. He says he has a lot of fun, so at least he's enjoying himself. However, he's not very aggressive and usually is on the defensive. He also seems to have a hard time focusing on learning the technique. When I've watched him at practice, he seems to play around more than he seems to practice. (I mean compared to the other boys. Not just compared to my standards of practicing. Lest you be confused.)

I didn't go to his second meet, because it's too hard to have the other three kids there. I watched some video that Scott took. It's almost comical to see how often Richard would just drop to the floor when the other kid would come toward him.

We'll see if he wants to keep doing it after this year. I personally get nervous seeing him, because he's usually not the dominate one and I worry about his getting hurt.

He's having a great time! At least he's getting out and having some fun experiences.

Singing

Marie loves to sing. She sings "I'm Wishing" from Snow White, "Once Upon a Dream" from Sleeping Beauty, the ABC's, "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," the theme from Pirates of the Caribbean Ride "Yo, Ho A Pirate's Life for Me," "Old MacDonald had a Farm," "Sing Sweet Nightingale" from Cinderella, and a bunch of other songs that either she makes up or I just can't identify.
So, in sacrament meeting yesterday during one of the hymns, she was singing with all the energy her little soul could muster. She had a hymn book out and everything. However, she was slightly unfamiliar with the hymn we were singing, and so was not quite blending :). Scott and I were laughing. The people behind us were laughing. Scott leaned over and said, "Marie! Shshshshsh!"
She gave him the most dejected look! Poor thing just wanted to sing like everyone else! She's the first one of our children that actually tries to sing in sacrament meeting. Scott said he felt so bad after how sad she looked that he apologized and told her she could sing as much as she wants. We'll see what happens next week.

Expensive book

So, 2 1/2 years ago (laugh if you want. I can take it) I visited my sister and brother. She lent me a book of patterns to make a quiet book for my children for church. I had grand intentions. We had a busy summer. I didn't get to it. I figured I could get to it soon. What happened? I had twins. All plans went down the hole. I have finally started to catch up on projects. My sister has requested the book back. It's her right. It's her book. I thought, I could copy the pages I want. Then, the thought of copying that many pages on my forever slow copy machine was a bit daunting. I saw the price tag on the back. $7.50. Surely my time is worth that much! I'll just buy it! Where do I finally find it? amazon.com. For $97.50! Not a prayer I'm paying that much. Guess I need to start copying pages. That's what I get for taking 2 1/2 years to get to my good intentions!