Here are a few things that have been happening here in the Hinterland since the first day of spring....
In March...
Jewel injured her ankle, keeping her from competing at the Level 7 State Gymnastics meet.
Wren competed at the Level 6 State Gymnastics Meet and took 2nd place across all ages on bars. Second best in.the.state. on bars! woot!
Jaxon (youngest) broke his arm...a clean break of the radius about an inch above his left wrist. 4 1/2 weeks in an over-the-elbow cast. He managed the whole deal so well.
In April...
It snowed. 'nuff said.
Coleo (oldest) enlisted in the National Guard. He will attend the monthly drill weekends for the next year and will attend basic training and his AIT job training after he graduates high school next June. Scary, exciting and oh so proud of him.
Coleo also injured his shoulder, which caused a condition called "winged scapula" resulting in weekly PT for him. We are hoping to avoid surgery...
In May...
Wren made the decision to move on from her 5 yr career as a gymnast. Here's a post My Robot wrote about that...
Jaxon ran 1 mile a day for 25 days at school, in preparation for a "kids marathon" with said broken arm and a flair of up plantars fasciitis. He stuck with it to run the final 1.2 miles on the day of the marathon with his schoolmates.
My 12 year tenure serving on the board of my local mothers of multiples group came to an end.
I re-enrolled the girls in public school for 8th grade this fall after spending two years doing school at home with a local K12 online program.
In June...
Jewel saw her pediatrician who then referred us to orthopedics for her ankle, a new behind-the-knee pain and on-going headaches she gets when executing back walkovers. She will begin PT in a few weeks to strengthen her ankle. We are on rest with actvity restrictions for the knee and have been seeing a chiropractor for the headaches (not helping).
Wren began to pursue other things, now that she isn't spending 20-24 hours a week in the gym. Theatre, music, drama and choir! Makes this singing-drama momma so excited!!
Other interesting things...
In February, my Robot began traveling to Austin, TX for work - a week at a time about every 5 weeks.
We began to contemplate making a move to Austin, TX. All things were pointing to it, and then all of a sudden they weren't. Will sit back and wait for a few more open doors or "signs" to stay put or go.
School let out, none too soon.
Orchid Jane Isabelle Mary continues to be the cutest, smartest pup on the planet....here she showing us she is the 30lb dog that likes to pretend she is small enough to sit on the back of the couch like the kitty boy.
(and just for good measure, here's another post from the Robot himself all about how awesome a dog she truly is...and I like to share his stuff because he's just a better blogger than I am)
So yeah...there's a little catch up from our little corner of the world.
