Update Quickly

Bud's home with one staple in the back of his head. It hurt, he said, a lot, but he was very brave. So was Mama. Me? Not as much. But Sis and I had our postponed picnic on the living room floor, called all the grandparents, and watched Imagination Movers while they were gone.

We go tomorrow for a follow-up with the pediatrician and his tetanus booster, just in case (he's due in a month anyway). And then he'll get the staple out in a week.

No swimming until then, and only minimal hairwetting. But otherwise, we just need to watch him for the next 72 hours--until Friday noonish--to see if there are any complications.

Keep your fingers crossed.

Otherwise, we've been processing some of our 13 lbs of strawberries that we picked this morning before the park and the fall--4 jars of freezer jam using Ball Freezer Pectin plus one fresh strawberry pie (recipes eventually). Mama and Bud are continuing the drawings of "instrument dinosaurs" a la "Little Einsteins" that they started at the ER (think "bongo-saurus" with drums for a tummy, etc.) And, with everything else, we haven't even yet ventured downstairs to see the now completely finished basement!

All in good time. For now, we are eating strawberries and counting our blessings.