1. Concussion: Well, Katrine is better…mostly. She is back at school full time and skated again for the first time last night, just some stroking but something. She was mortified because doctor’s orders were for her to wear her helmet this week to make sure that she didn’t rehurt herself. If that was not bad enough, she had to borrow her sister’s helmet AND as I was putting it on, Patrick Chan (her hero) walked by. Poor thing.
Thank goodness that she is able to get up and get moving again. It is really hard trying to get that girl to sit still without TV or computer to distract her. The first thing she told her teacher upon going back to school was that I had spent the week saying “Stop jumping.”, “Don’t run around.”, “Put that book down.” Sigh. The photos below show how I tried to make the time less trying for all of us. The best was the mani pedi. Two hours of having to sit still. Well worth the money.
We are keeping our fingers crossed that the last few things resolve themselves and she can be ready for her first skating competition in four weeks (she will be crushed if she isn’t).
2. Elspeth skating: Okay, that girl loves her skating. She is doing really well but the smile on her face when she puts her skates on and her reluctance to get off the ice makes me happy.
3. Halloween: We decided to get out this past Sunday for some pre-Halloween fun at the zoo. We took our black cat and our E.B. sheep as well as a friend and his kids along with us. The kids had a blast trick or treating (not for candy!!!) through the tundra section but the highlight was definetely watching Hudson swim in the water. They were able to get right up to the glass with him diving and paddling infront of them.
I hurt my back lifting Elspeth up to see the gorrillas at play but it seems to be getting better gradually. Katrine enjoyed going in to the Critter Cave to look at all of the bugs; particularly the giant snails. Elspeth on the other hand absolutely refused to set foot inside – not a big fan of bugs. 😎
We ended up doing a costume parade where each of the kids got a giant panda flag which was the highlight of the event for Elspeth. Overall great family fun.
