Sam in Physical Therapy

Here is a clip of a part of Sam's life most of you never see. This is Miss Sherri, who we love. She has been Sam's physical therapist every week for over two years. Here he was standing on one leg (his idea to do this). Sorry, the video is sideways again.

Kitchen Progress

Here are a few pictures of what we accomplished yesterday. Still a ways to go...but we're getting there!

Protected

Sam has been so afraid of monsters lately that he often has a hard time going to sleep. Yesterday, he went to bed with a blue Power Ranger, and felt safe. I went in to check on him and this is what I found.

While the cat's away...

Well, Daddy's been gone for almost a week now on his High Adventure Scout trip, and while he is away, THIS is party central. Take a look! (Sorry they're sideways.) We haven't broken anything yet, but we've been eating mostly ice cream and pizza and PB Sandwiches, and staying up way past bedtime.

The Mundy Garden...

Here are some pictures of things that are growing around our house. The weather has been perfect for a great garden this spring...plenty of rain and warm sunshine. Wes and Debbie, the lillies in the pictures are all from the batch you gave us last year. I think they are beautiful. Thanks!

Am I cut out for this?

Ben got five stitches last night in his left hand. He picked up a knife that was on the counter and tried to cut himself some cantaloupe. Of course, he knows he's not supposed to use knives. I'm sure he won't ever try it again after this. A good friend who is a doctor happened to be at the house. He got his supplies and did Ben's stitches on our couch. Ben was brave. I was not. I'm usually not bothered at all when he gets hurt, but I was nauseous and jittery all evening. Truthfully, I was totally freaking out inside. Ben did great. He cried for the numbing shot, but was talking to the doctor while he stitched and then fell asleep while the last couple of stitches were going in. Both of these pictures were taken while he was sleeping.

A Short Night...and a Toad

We had a short thunderstorm just after dinner tonight. It got dark, thundered loudly, and rained really hard. About an hour later, it started getting light again. Ben said, "We just missed a whole night time!" (It really did look and feel like morning when the sun came back out). It took some convincing to get him to believe that it would still be bedtime in an hour or so.

Also, we found a BIG brown toad on our porch after the storm. I took the boys out to check him out and help him hop back down into the grass. Add that to the freshly dead baby snake we found in the alley yesterday, and I'd say we've been pretty lucky lately!