Friday, June 4, 2010

Torn ACL, mazes, teeter-totter, and apples!

So at the end of April I tore my ACL. I was fairly immobile for several days. That evening, when I got home from the emergency room, Enoch ran to the table and drew this note for me. The translation reads "I hope Dad feels better soon."


In my boredom I resumed my childhood love of drawing mazes, but this time for my own children. Megan wanted one that was "kind of" hard. This is what she got.


And Enoch just wanted a dragon. This is what I drew for him. Although this maze is not just "kind of" hard but really quite hard (unless done backwards, so don't cheat!).


I have been feeling better lately. Well enough that we finally got something in the yard intended for the children - miracle of miracles! Ty inspired me to build a teeter totter. Hopefully we'll still have all of these children once summer is over!


I've also been spending (too much) time in the yard, but I love it. I never knew I had such a green thumb (I suppose I have Grandma to thank for that). Our apple "stick" - no (real) branches yet - has over forty of these little... apples? Wow, who knew it would do this 9 months after planting. Who knows if they'll be edible.

Mary and Martha

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