The day after Clara Beth’s birthday party, we took Makgill back to the doctor because his arm was still bothering him and he wasn’t using it. They x-rayed it again and decided to go ahead and cast the arm for a couple of weeks to be on the safe side. Mak chose a camo cast (or Army Man as he calls it), and we have been living with it for the past week and a half. It has not been easy. Sleeping was difficult for the first few nights, it itched, bath time was quite a challenge, and we constantly had to remind him to keep it out of the water at the beach. It did not, however, slow him down. He ran, climbed, and did everything as he normally would. In fact, he kind of enjoyed using it for climbing because he could hook his arm around things to give him leverage. It was amazing to watch him. Boys are just so adventurous. He doesn’t seem to have a cautious bone in him!
Anyway, the cast was scheduled to come off today, so Collin took some pictures of Makgill in his cast this morning. He played in the bushes in his “army man” shorts and no shirt. Such a cutie-pie! Sorry…Big Tough Man! We wrapped things up by having a lollipop for breakfast. When I was 3 I also broke my arm, and we have a picture of me in a cast eating a lollipop just like the one Mak has. (By the way, my children do eat healthy breakfasts normally. It seems that I am always blogging about eating cake or something sugary. This is usually just a special treat!) Clara Beth woke up and wanted in on that lollipop action, so we stripped her down and let her at it. I love the pics that Collin got!
Poor Skinny kid can’t keep his shorts up!
Here’s a slideshow of all of our morning fun:
www.cmsmithportraits.com/slideshows/cast
The cast did come off. It was not a fun experience, but he is doing well now. Hopefully this will be his only experience in a cast!
AHHH_ sooo much fun- I don’t think the kids were ready to give up the lollipops yet=) So excited we can go to the pool now with the kiddos! love ya’ll!