Last Friday Lexie had her follow up appointment for her arm. Everything looked good so she got the hard cast on. When asked what color she wanted she didn't hesitate at all. She yelled "pink" right away. All the ladies at the doctor's office just love Lexie. Thy gave her rings, bracelets and lots of attention.
We go back on Monday for more X-rays and a new cast since her arm is shrinking from not moving her muscles.
We go back on Monday for more X-rays and a new cast since her arm is shrinking from not moving her muscles. Lance is still doing great at learning his letters. He knows most of their sounds and with a little help can put small words together. He sounded out and spelled dad all by himself. 
He really likes words with the OO sound in them. He spelled "hook" all by himself too.
Saturday we spent most of the day just hanging out at home with daddy. That evening we took a long hike with the kids and Happy to burn up some energy. The only animal we saw on our hike was a ptarmigan. We did see plenty of moose tracks, moose droppings & even some bear droppings. We love getting out into nature and exploring what's around us away from the city.
Sunday we visited a new church. It was bigger then we would like and it wasn't their normal Sunday. They had missionaries visiting telling about their mission work in Burma. The people were really friendly and the kids really enjoyed themselves. They LOVED the worship service! Lance was really getting into the music by clapping and waving his arms. Lexie would sing as loud as she could even though she didn't know the words. After worship all the kids were dismissed to their classes. I think we will visit again to get a feel for what a normal Sunday there is like.
This week hasn't had too much going on. I like to just enjoy days where we have nothing we have to do and can just enjoy good quality time together. We are definitely taking every opportunity to get out in the nice fall weather. The snow should be hitting any day.
I attended an H2O at home party with a new friend the other week. I originally thought I would go just to meet some people but didn't think I would be interested in the product at all. H2o is all natural cleaning products that really work!!! Some of the things I was most interested in was for laundry. I purchased a netepur bar to help get stains out. I was so excited Monday when my products came in. I knew the ultimate test would be one of Andrew's work shirts. I did just a little circle right in the middle of the stained up shirt and Wow, it worked!! This is a shirt that has been stained up for over a year and been washed numerous times by a professional cleaning company. 
I just rubbed this netepur bar over a spot and threw it in the wash. That's it, Amazing!!!
Lance has been wanting to go swimming so bad, but with Lexie's arm we haven't been able to. Tuesday night daddy took Lance swimming while Lexie & I went grocery shopping. Daddy and Lance had a great time at the pool! Lexie and I bought tons of groceries. We are starting to stock up for the winter. Living in Fairbanks will be quite a bit different than Eagle River. We are almost 400 miles into the interior of Alaska so supplies and groceries are harder to deliver in the winter and there will be times the store shelves will be empty. It's not bad though if you plan ahead and are ready. I'd hate to be without food or toilet paper!!
Lance has really been missing his friends from Eagle River. He asked me "why don't we have friends come over anymore?" So I wrote a message on Tuesday on the moms meet up group page to see if anyone had a 4 to 5 year old boy who would want to do a play date. A lady texted me saying she had a 4 year old boy and 2 year old girl and they hadn't lived here long and would love to do a play date! It was perfect. We got to messaging about where in Fairbanks we lived. We found out we lived in the same neighborhood, then the same area of the neighborhood then the same street. Turns out she lives just 3 houses down from us! Perfect!! We scheduled a play date for the next day after Lance's checkup.
Yesterday morning Lance had his checkup to start the round of shots needed before starting school next year. We met with the doctor which we really liked and started talking about what vaccines were needed. I thought that if we spread out the vaccines instead of all at once it would be easier. WRONG!!! I now wish we would have done all 4 and been done. Lance is no dummy, he knew what she meant by vaccines. He has never once cried during shots, but knowing what was coming really made things rough. The nurse took a long time getting back to the room with us. Then she took a long time prepping things allowing Lance time to see the shot needles and ask too many questions which she gave the wrong answers too. Poor Lance was screaming and crying. I thought two shots would go by super quick but the nurse paid too much time to Lexie in between. Lance was screaming "you're hurting me! My bloods gonna come out!!" While poor traumatized Lexie is screaming "stop it! Your hurting him! Stop hurting Lance!" I really thought Lexie was going to hit her. This is horrible but the whole thing kind of made me laugh. I am not a dramatic person so this whole thing just came funny to me. I hated that my poor guy was hurting but I know it's for the best. There was nothing I could do to calm him down. I brought some snacks and that didn't help. Not even the promise of ice cream helped. When we finally got down to the car I asked Lance "what can mommy do to help you?" He said "I just need lots of hugs and holded!" So I said that sounded perfect and we would head straight home. Yikes! I can't imagine what the next appointment holds!
On a different note, Lance is 3 foot 7.5 inches tall (95%) and 42 pounds (75%) and doing great!
Once we got home and got in lots of hugs, kisses, snuggles & lunch I messaged our neighbor to let her know they could come over to play. Lance had such a great time playing with his new friend,Jake. Jake is just two months older than Lance and they have so many things in common. The boys played sooo good together! Lexie and Mycah did pretty good together. Lexie was over a head taller than her so she kept calling Mycah a baby which Mycah didn't like. I enjoyed getting to know Mollie and am looking forward to many more play dates together.
That's are everyday life. Nothing too exciting, but it's my life, my world. God has been so good to me. He constantly puts amazing people in my life. He has blessed me with such an amazing family and the chance to be able to be a stay at home mom. I meet so many women who wish they could stay home or even just work part time and be there for their families more. I'll admit some crazy days being a stay at home mom doesn't feel like a blessing, but I know it's time i'll never get back and never regret. I'm so thankful to God for everything He has done for us!
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