Park, Park, Park & Park

We all had a really, really good time in Germany. C and D were monkeys much of the time. And well behaved when it counted. Details of the wedding and travels in a future post.

We're on our way to Philipp's wedding.  Somewhere between Dusseldorf Airport and Munster.

Last week, my Mom was in town from Chicago. It was a godsend having her around- in general, it's always great for us and the kids, but last week really helped with all the hullabaloo around The Thumb . Here are a few good shots with D.

We had a small celebration last night after bath time. D, officially, made the cut for Sheringdale. Not a huge hurdle considering she was first on the waiting list, she has an older sibling there and we live just across the street. Never the less, worthy of a little drink and brownie before book reading.

Bella's dad came over last week.  He stops over fairly regularly, helping with bath time, reading to the kids, and then the adults have great bread and cheese he brings from the French deli . Here he is with the kids. And an extra good one of D.

The offending object is the faint green line The end of the second week of spring break has been a bit traumatic for the boy.  On Wednesday, he jabbed a wooden sliver under his thumb nail up on Wimbledon Common.  It went in the entire length- up to the cuticle.  Surprisingly, not too painful, or bloody, at the time.  We pulled part of it out and soaked the thumb in TCP. Bells then took him to a doctor on Thursday to check it out.  They referred them to the accident and emergency ward at St. Georges, the local hospital.  After several hours and little progress, the doctor there recommended coming back Friday morning to get it completely sorted. Post surgery, but still with the IV tube. Completely sorted meant going under a general anaesthetic and removing the entire thumb nail!  This means reducing the risk of infection and waiting 3-4 months for a new nail to grow back.  C's first experience with getting put under caused a fair ...