Poor little Zachary...

So... my child fell and hurt himself pretty badly and I wasn't even there.  There are so many questions surrounding the event that I can't answer because I wasn't present.  I got a call on my lunch break on Thursday telling me that Zachary had been crying for over 1.5 hours and they were starting to be worried that he may have broken something.  I call work to advise I couldn't go back, rush over to daycare, try to get as much info as possible before rushing the the ER to see if my little baby boy had broken something.  We were seen pretty quickly even though the waiting room was pretty full.  Zachary was not crying at that point because he was just so exhausted.  The moment they put us in a room he fell asleep on me and was out for about an hour which was great because the doctor came in about 30 minutes later.  We were sent to get some X-Rays fearing a broken collarbone.  Thankfully the x-rays showed nothing fractured but he obviously hurt himself pretty badly because I can't even pick him up by his arm pits he cries out in pain.  The doctor was asking me so many questions and I couldn't answer all of them making me feel like the worst mother for not getting more details from his daycare worker.  She said he fell while playing on the rocks.  I don't even know if the rocks were pebbles or boulders! Quite a difference!  The next morning, his eyes are all swollen and it leads me to believe that he hurt himself worse than we thought although their is naught a scratch on the kid!  Then we notice his ankle is all bruised and battered... WTH happened to my little fella??  He stayed home with my in-laws on Friday because we didn't want him to aggravate anything... Our conclusion is that he fell off a medium sized rock and tried to brace himself and pulled (tore) a muscle.  He's been a trooper though!  Plays as much as he can while making sure to favor his better side... poor little dude!  We might have to consult a physio if we see him continuing to favor his right side as we wouldn't want him to always be scared to use his left arm.  Today's update :  his eyes are no longer swollen, he seems to be less sore than he's been so I think he's recovering as well as the doctor told us he would.  We have decided to send him to daycare tomorrow since he seems to know his limits of play.  I just hope no one accidentally pushes him and he hurts himself again.  I guess that's just a chance we take everyday.  I in no way blame his daycare providers.  As we know, toddlers are crazy little humans and it only takes 2 seconds for something to happen so it's just a unfortunate event.  I still cringe and my heart breaks a little every time he winces in pain... 

We had such a great weekend!  Yesterday morning we went to Aberdeen Center to listen to DJ Bones as he went through a plethora of French music for my summer students.  The boys loved it as the center has a great big play yard.  They danced a little, were amazed by the fountains and played forever in the daycare play yard.  After that we took a little tour of the Mosaic Festival that was happening downtown.  We sucked on slushies, ate some Hungarian Nutella treat, they jumped on the bouncy castle (even Zachary attempted it once... but once only... limits!), walked around all the booths and ran into a few friends.  It was great.  They were zonked out when we got home and we all went down like logs!  They had a great nap!  We then got up, drove to Shediac to visit with my family, played in my mom's kiddie pool, had supper, played tag (their new favorite game) and brought home so pretty exhausted little boys who went to sleep without too much fuss!

Today we woke up lazily, took some time to get going with the day and waited for Pépére to get here so that he and Gab could go build me a platform for the gazebo.  I brought the boys out back to watch and play and they did sooooo good!  They stayed away when asked, played really well together; I think I only intervened twice in 2.5 hours!  Once when Zachary and Samuel were hitting each other with play shovels and once when Jacob pressed down on their Tonka truck causing sand to fly up all over Sam's face including IN his mouth.  He had so much in there... I tried to show him how to gurgle and spit but he just swallowed and spit the remnants.... I'm pretty sure he swallowed most of the sand I couldn't get out... It'll make for some pretty sandpaper like poop tomorrow I'm sure!  

What a fantastic weekend we had!  I love my family and I can't wait to see what else this life has for us! Have a great week my friends! xxx

My summer camp kids!  Look at how excited they are to learn French!

Thank you Kelly for being my gym buddy!

My poor little dude passed out on Maman... I have to say that I LOVE these cuddles!

Eating pizza in their underwear like true men... all they need is a beer!

Aberdeen Center

My students listening to DJ Bones rock the francophone music

The boys insisted Gab sit in the little play house

SO MUCH NOISE!

Break Time!

Almost all complete!  All that is needed now is a nice stain job, put the nice outdoor carpet we bought and actually set it all up!  Will show updates later this summer!