Snips and snails, and puppy dogs tails: Fall is here

For the past few weeks I have been struggling. I have a bad cold and I am wearing an aircast on my injured ankle. I feel like my house isn't quite as clean or tidy as I would like and that my cooking has been quite simple. I am not a perfect housekeeper or stupendous cook at the best of times, but I usually am able to make a better effort. Despite all that, it has been a good few weeks. The boys are happy in school and we've had time to do fun things. Robert's wound is mostly healed and it looks like that although he will have a scar, it shouldn't be too bad.

Robert and I went to a MOPS play date this morning (which I organized) and it was fun and he got some good run around time. He also fell and scraped his face (landed on his face in the sand - poor soul). So just as he was healing he has added some new battle scars. I came home more tired than I wished and with a sore ankle. So we sat and watched some television while I iced my ankle a bit. That is what frustrates me - there's so much to do and I have to stop it all to put my foot up. I know it is silly, but I am struggling and not overly happy that the physical trainer told me this is something that can take up to 3 months to be pain free and longer to be fully healed. Thank goodness for health insurance.

Well, enough griping. Somehow despite it all Robert and I are keeping busy and enjoying some things we'd not been doing over the summer. We have been drawing monsters on the driveway and reading. He has just about memorized the Pokemon handbook. Perhaps not the best use of brain space but that is okay. Robert is a sweet little guy, but he is also asserting his person-hood as a boy and a three year old. He has definite ideas and things that he wants to do. He has also learned how to bug his big brother, much to big brother's chagrin.

Harry seems to be enjoying school and he also like cub scouts. So far this year we have also been to a Lego Club at the library, which he liked and this week he will go to the first meeting of the book club for the 3-4th graders at the library. He read the book they plan on discussing in about 2 evenings. He is a big reader these days. He is still constantly coming up with comics and in the past week or so he has been working on mastering the use of a yo-yo. I love to see what he is going to come up with next. He has an eclectic group of interests.

So here are some photos from the past couple of weeks.

My Uncle John & Aunt Shirley were on the QMary II and stopped in Newport, so Dad came down and we met them for lunch. Unfortunately it was a school day so no Harry.