Today was a scary day. I went over to Sue's house to see Jesse before he headed back to Snow (he was home because Thompsons went hiking with Uncle Paul). Allie was sliding off the couch and slipped onto her arms. She cried about her arm hurting but stopped fairly soon. The only problem was that she wouldn't use or move her arm after that. I ended up taking her it Instacare where we saw a pediatrician that I really like. She twisted, prodded and wiggled and Allie seemed to be OK. She had done a move that puts an elbow back into place if it is dislocated and thinks that was the key. She is not positive, but didn't want to do X-rays if she didn't have to. Time will tell if that will do the trick, but Allie seems better already. Whew! I always hate it when she gets sick or hurt on my watch.
While we were waiting for the Dr. we were talking about Heavenly Father. Allie asked where he lived and I gave her the not quite correct but easy answer of high in the sky. She asked how He got there (somewhere in the discussion she made a point of the fact that he can come down and visit us). Then she tried to answer her own question: Does He use a broom. Yes, I did keep a straight face as I explained that he didn't really need a broom to zoom around. She has been pretty hilarious lately. She was looking at a Little Mermaid book and asked Mark if he used to like looking at treasures when he was a little mermaid. Then when Mark was feeding the bird she informed him that bird seed was gross. She had tried it when she was a little bird and it was yucky. Don't they say the best thing you can give your child is an imagination?
Although we don't get to see Preston, we do get to talk to him. He loves to talk on the phone and will talk non-stop for many minutes (I'll have to time him some time, but I know it is over 5 min.) He babbles and jabbers and if you are lucky you may catch a word or two. I think he will take a while to aquire real language because he is so sure that his words are real and meaningful. If you haven't checked Dave's blog there are some pretty cute pictures there.
I am sorry that I haven't blogged in a while. Sometimes I just don't know what to say and sometimes I am just plain lazy. School has begun again and we are starting to settle in so I should be a little calmer and less busy. My class this year is small (23) and MUCH better than last years group. We are hoping they will let the fourth grade stay small, but they could remove a teacher from our school in October to get classes back up to the "ideal" of 30 students. Our parents are pretty loud and strong so I think we will probably get to stay small. We miss you all and have enjoyed seeing so many of you this summer.
