Kick ball

Harper and Papa played this kick ball game with the beach ball off and on all day.  They discovered that she kicks a lot better with her left foot.  Harper stayed home from school today and will her cast hopefully tomorrow morning and go to school after that.  It was interesting having just her today. She missed Ava so Papa and I were her substitute playmates and, well, that was exhausting.  She's a busy little girl.  First thing this morning she made up a card game, which was fun until it became clear that we were never going to have a winner and the game could go on forever.   She left it to work on a craft for the fair though, and stayed with that about an hour, it was pretty tedious for her doing it one-handed.  She finished it later and is hoping to win a "big" ribbon for it. 

Harper feeling better

Harper's broken elbow slowed her down yesterday, but she was back to normal today.  They played dress-up as soon as they got here, then set up stores, Ava selling toys and food, and Harper selling her drawings of people, of all things.  Surprisingly, she draws pretty well with her left hand, and her writing was good, too, she said upper-case was easier.  Ava was being silly posing.

Dan, Emmy and Auna stopped by and Harper drew Dan.  He  made her laugh when he kept putting her stuffed animals on his head.  She told him to stop since she didn't know how to draw dogs.

Rielee came to play and they went outside to draw with chalk, then Rielee wanted them to come over to see how big the chicks are getting.  Ava ran in and got her scooter and Harper followed,  I told her no and she tried to convince me she could ride with one hand.  Later at the play fort she started to cry when she couldn't swing with one arm.  Frustrated, she crossed her arms and said dramatically "I can't swing, I can't scooter, what am I supposed to do, just stand here all day?!"  She tried tummy swinging for a bit and then Rielee brought her water balloons over and they happily played with those instead. 

Luke baseball, Harper's elbow fracture

We saw Luke play in a game in Camas Thursday evening.  He played well, had a single,

a nice sacrifice bunt and a couple great catches, they were behind and then caught up but ended up losing by a couple of runs.

Friday - Harper had an accident at school, falling off the monkey bars and breaking her elbow.  Kelly said she was in a lot of pain but they gave her some medication in the ER and she felt better.  She even got silly and wanted to make funny videos with Mom's phone. 

On the way home with a splint, no cast until the swelling goes down.  She also got some medication to take at home since the pain will likely be worse on the 2nd and 3rd days.

Lexi softball

 We went to watch Lexi play today, it was their last home game and they beat Evergreen 10-0.

Lexi had a great game, she was 3-4 with 2 runs and 2 RBIs. 

Parker my helper

 Parker finished chipping up the limbs today from a tree he cut down for me last week. 

Then he cut down another one and threw the chips into the wagon so I could spread them on the trails.  His hard work is making filling the woodshed so much easier this year.  Papa was impressed at how good Parker is at dropping the trees right where he wants them.  He  hasn't been too thrilled over some of the trees we're taking down but has accepted that the yard needed some editing-and now we can plant new trees.

Parker & Olivia prom, sunshine fun

 Saturday night was prom for Olivia and Parker, they had dinner at Beaches, looking so pretty and handsome.

 Saturday afternoon we took the girls to the playground, then stopped at the bakery.  Harper always wants one of the fancy cookies, there was a green star, then only eats the frosting because the cookie is too hard.  Ava always gets a chocolate/maple bar and Rielee likes bismarcks with crème filling. 

 Rielee got to go for a little ride today with Dad on Grandpa's old 4-wheeler. 

 The girls played outside together all day.  They washed Rielee's wagon and tied it on to the Jeep so they could all ride around together.  They rode around so much that they ran the battery down.

Rielee loaned Harper a swimsuit and Ava a top to wear to run through the sprinkler and make a water slide off the play fort. 

 This was as close as Ava got to the sprinkler, too cold for her.  She went down the water slide once, Harper didn't go near it, but Rielee did it several times.

Harper and Rielee had some fun with the sprinkler, but they spent more time on their towels warming up than anything.

Lexi softball, Auna's birthday, Rielee the teacher

 Lexi was interviewed in a write-up in the Columbian on Thursday, so cool. 

 Auna had her 15th birthday party tonight.  Laury had to work late, so David made her cake.  We played some fun games of Spoons after cake and ice cream.

Rielee spent 500 of her reading points today on the opportunity to be "teacher for a day".  She was so excited about it and had to be at school early to prepare.  She said it's her dream to be an elementary teacher when she grows up.

She took her finger pointer, in case she needed to say "listen up"!  She reported after school that it went great, she loved it.