This has been an adventure packed couple of days! When I last saw you, I had just found out I had a broken bone in my foot. It was a small avulsion type break at the base of my little toe. We got right in to see the pediatric orthopedist Monday afternoon. Turns out, he is the same one I saw when I was three weeks old with a right hip click. He checked it out to make sure it wasn't a dislocating problem. Mom loved him then and we love him know. He explained how the fracture happened (When kids roll their foot like I did, the peroneous brevis spasms and pulls off a part of the base of the 5th metatarsal where it attaches. When adults roll their foot, it breaks the ankle. In case you were wondering.) I ended up with a cast and I got to pick the color. It was a hard decision but I went with highliter yellow because it would be easier to see all the signatures. I can walk on it, I only have to wear it until June 10 and I can swim in it too. The only real bummer is that I was going to softball camp the week I get my cast off and the Dr. didn't sound too excited about me going so we had to cancel that :(. Other than that, we are happy with the outcome. And I'm happy to be off crutches- that was a major pain the armpit.
That little detour didn't stop any of my birthday related fun. On Tuesday, mom brought in Otter Pops and Hawaiian leis for everyone.
This picture is a little blurry but it's hard to keep 17 nine year olds corralled long enough for a picture.
It's hard to beat Otter Pops for a good time but beat it we did. We had our end of year class party on Thursday at the Tucson Racquet Club. We got swim, run around, play games, eat pizza all day long. The teachers gave each kid a special award and I got a Remarkable Reader award. Ms. Stalkfleet said I always had a pile of books on my desk to read- and not just little skinny books but big, thick books. Mom knows that because I usually made her carry them to class for me because they didn't fit in my backpack.
It was such a fabulous day that I almost didn't mind the obnoxiously itchy cast. Amazingly enough, it was dry by the next morning. Perfect!
Friday was our last day of school and that was pretty great. We cleaned out our desks and I came out with two huge back packs full of stuff. Both are still sitting on the dining room table waiting to be gone through. I think mom is waiting until I'm gone for a few hours because I like to hang on to a lot, ok, everything if I lay eyes on it.
Saturday was even better, if you can believe it! My friends Claire and Lily came over for my birthday sleep over. We decorated up the inside of the RV (AKA The Party Bus!), put some movies on, got some snacks out and headed up to Dave and Buster's in Phoenix.
Dad was our fearless driver, navigating us through the holiday traffic and picking up the bill....
After a fun filled few hours there, we headed back into Tucson. The three of us proceeded to lock our selves in my room for most the night, only coming out to get cake-pops.
We finally got to sleep around 10:30. (At least that's what we told mom. She and dad went to bed at 10 and our only instructions were to be quiet.) We did OK until someone got up to go to the bathroom at 2:30. We then decided we couldn't sleep so we turned on the lights and kind of woke mom up. She wasn't overly excited about that and let us know. In hind sight, she probably could have been a little nicer but she doesn't think too clearly at 2:45 in the morning.
After everyone went home, we spent most of Sunday laying around watching movies. It was a beautiful day outside but we were all a little tired and couldn't imagine much more than pressing play on the remote. We did manage to eat dinner out on the patio. It has been a unseasonably cool and pleasant May here- only 84 degrees on Sunday. Unheard of for this time year!
After hitting the hay early on Sunday and getting a good night's sleep, we were able to properly celebrate my real birthday. Grandma Sue came over and took us to IHOP for my favorite breakfast, then we went to see a movie AND THEN we went to Cheesecake factory for dinner. I really wanted to go there because I love their Oreo milkshakes and I wanted to do some shopping at the mall where it is located. Yes, me. I wanted to do some shopping. We headed to the Children's Place and mom turned me loose. She was looking for summer clothes for me and I came back with this look. I totally love it. Mom thinks I rock the head band and sunglasses but was a little taken aback at how grown up I look. A preview of things to come.....
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