Really Claire??

This afternoon, Linda and Claire were playing together. Claire took off running in to the kitchen, not paying attention to what was in front of her. She ran right in to the open utensil drawer and got clotheslined. She was flat on her back. Her forehead was cut. It bled heavily for a moment then stopped, but the cut was open wider than a normal cut and I thought she may need a stitch or two. I took her to an Urgent Care and he was able to close it up with medical super glue and she has to keep it covered for three days.

     Well, that should be the end of the story. But, in true Claire fashion, she has to spice our life up.

So, after checking Claire's head the Dr. does a regular examination and during that exam he checked her ears. When he looked in her right ear he asked me if she ever puts stuff in her ears. I told him that I didn't think so. He tells me he isn't sure if he's seeing a very swollen ear drum or some kind of bead. He tells me to come back in 4days and he'll look at it again. Well, when a Dr. can't recognize the difference between and eardrum and a bead, it's time to stop going to that Dr. So, I took her to her regular pediatrician this afternoon and sure enough she had a small white bead in her ear! He said he'd give it one shot at getting it out then if he couldn't do it he would send me to the Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist. Luckily, he was able to get it out on his first try. He said if it had been left in her ear much longer it could have caused a serious infection in her body.
So, in a way, it was a blessing that she hurt her head, because that is how they discovered the bead. Oh Claire, you always keep me busy. :)
This is the bead taken out of her ear. A couple weeks back I broke a necklace that had these small beads on it. I threw the necklace away and didn't think a thing of it....until today.

Primary Teachers

I am so grateful for the good primary teachers that my children have at church. In this ward, in particular, they are fantastic. Claire's Nursery leader volunteered for the position and always has shown love and kindness to her. I've never dropped Claire off when her teacher hasn't had a smile on her face. I love when Claire comes home singing primary hymns and how she is sooo excited to show off the picture she colored in class.

Jane has a class full of boys, so she really loves her two girl teachers. :) Her teachers are so kind to her and give her a lot of positive attention. They always take the time to prepare a nice lesson for her. She is always anxious to tell me what she learned in primary each Sunday.

Linda's teacher is perfect for her. She does a nice lesson and is always prepared with lots of crafts to keep the kids attention. Linda loves it.  She always tells me how nice her teacher is to her.

Bruce's teacher always magnifies her calling and goes above and beyond the call of duty. She is always expressing her love to Bruce and the other children. She knows each child individually. Bruce learns so much from her class, and gets especially excited when his teacher let him keep the props she used in certain lessons. She has gotten Bruce more excited about his baptism and Cub Scouts, as she is the Cub Scout leader. This afternoon she took her whole primary class to the local church book store to pick out CTR rings, then she took them to get a treat. Bruce loved it and felt so special.

I'm am so blessed that in this crazy world there are good adults that dedicate their time and energy to encourage and teach my young children. Their influence will last a lifetime and I will be forever grateful to them.

Visitors

We've had a fun visit with my sister, Jill and her family. They were here visiting from Driggs, Idaho. Bruce loves playing with Brodey and Sayre and my girls love playing with their daughter, Elly. Elly and Linda played hours and hours of Barbies and house. Bruce loved playing handball, chess, and all kinds of fun stuff with the boys. We had fun at the Thursday night Street Fair at the beach. It's really packed in the summertime. They have great food there.

(Bruce, Sayre, Brodey)

(Jane, Elly, Linda, Tyler)

They took Bruce to the Padres Game on Mormon Night and Elly stayed with us and went to Linda's recital.

...and of course you can't come to CA and not go to the beach.

 (Sayre, Elly Tyler, Bruce, Brodey)

We did it.

We survived recital week. Linda did great at both of her recitals.

Dress Rehearsal

Linda and I went to her tech and dress rehearsal last night. I was dreading it but it actually turned out to be a nice night hanging out with Linda. Since I'm not sure I'll be able to get many pictures on recital night I took a few last night. She is so beautiful, inside and out. I enjoyed watching all of the different routines. Afterwards, I came home and watched So You Think You Can Dance. It was a night of dancing!! :)

Linda waiting for her turn .

 Outside of the theatre, they took a pictures with all of the dancers.

Official Ballet Pictures

Here are Linda's first official ballet pictures. I love the class picture. Linda is striking a serious pose. :) This weekend is her first ballet recital. Stay tuned for pictures of that!

(Linda is the middle row, 2nd from the left)