Despite my amazing efforts, I still got a few of these posts out of order. So sorry.
Gideon saw all the kitchen activity and wanted to be a part. He really was only interested in doing the most dangerous thing though, cut something with a knife. So I set him up with a cucumber and butter knife. I know that wasn't really a great combination, but he worked quite hard for a long time and did pretty good. Thankfully Gideon's first knife encounter didn't land us in the hospital.
However, later that day, Jordon's climbing event did land us in the hospital! He sliced the bottom of his foot on a wing nut! Nasty!
He was quite a trooper though it all...the cleaning it out, the x-rays, and the five stitches. My favorite story from this event is that the doctor asked us what he cut it on, Jordon heard Pete say "a wing nut". Then later the x-ray tech lady asked Jordon how he cut his foot. He said in his low voice, "on a golden nut".
Jordon's mood lightened up when they let him choose a stuff animal. He chose this marbled colored chameleon and immediately named him, Lizzy the Lizard.
There were 19 people in our house for Thanksgiving when Pete, Jordon and I quickly left to go to the hospital. When we returned in less than an hour Jordon was welcomed with a room full of claps and cheers. He was a true champ that day!!
He didn't walk on his foot for about 8 days. Instead he hopped, crawled or was carried (the carrying ended after about day 3!) But he was pretty normal and did a great job keeping his wound clean so no infections complicated his super deep cut.
This isn't a great photo, but I wanted to document how I joined up with my cousins and uncle for a super-fun midnight shopping event at Target. It was absolutely insane. I had no clue what I was signing up for, but it sounded like an adventure and I knew I'd be with fun people, so I went. It was absolutely crazy. But my cousin Kim and I had a great time!!
They boys were able to paint some Christmas tree decorations with Nini.
