A Big, Scary Injury for Little, Brave Beatrice

Poor little Beatrice took a nasty fall into the pool and, without going into much detail, ended up with an injury that required a trip the ER and surgery under anesthesia from a Pediatric Gynecologist at Children's Hospital.  It was a pretty traumatic experience for everyone, but Beatrice was so brave. I mean, SO BRAVE.  Here are some photos from the weeks this summer when she was out of commission. It was really hard to be on an activity ban in the middle of the summer. But she has such amazing friends who brought her flowers, sent her little gifts in the mail, sacrificed their days in the sunshine to spend time with her on the couch and to take her out for little calm adventures. After about three weeks she got cleared to return to activity - just in time for the fourth of July. Needless to say, we were ALL excited about that!

Bea lost her first tooth during surgery!! The doctors were kind enough to save it for her so the Tooth Fairy could still make a visit. :)

Those Days, June

June is mostly spent WET! We love our pool so so much, because it means long, lazy days in the sunshine with our closest friends. It also means SWIM TEAM. It's so much fun to be a Clinton Hills Dolphin. This year even more friends joined the team and BEATRICE OFFICIALLY BECAME A DOLPHIN, which meant even more fun! June was a hot one this year, but no day was hotter than DD's Retirement Party. It was 10 billion degrees, but that didn't stop us from giving my Daddy-O the celebration he spent several decades busting his buns to earn. It was a great day of food and friends and a great night of music and dancing. Here are the June highlights. (And lowlights - namely, Tiki's major no bueno shave job.)

 

Biz trip to share Smart Parents at the National Charter School conference & first time in Nashville.