Boys, boys!

This week has been a bit more busy than usual, but it's been a good one! The boys love making forts and get creative with what they build. Daddy helped them make this stegosaurus fort :).

Caleb gets English and Arabic homework each weekend, and has been very diligent in making sure it gets done. He tells us his English homework is easy peasy. Arabic is hard for him, but that is understandable, it's hard for all of us!

It is footie pajama weather around here, the temperatures are chilly at night! The boys pulled out their baseball PJs, and to no surprise, they have both outgrown them from last year, but still insisted on wearing them :)

This week we had parent child activities at school. I went to Caleb's activity and we made feathered hats. It was fun to be with Caleb and his classmates and parents at school, and we all had a good time!

 Caleb likes selfies :)

 All the crafts.

The boys do karate at home once a week, and this week I got to watch Caleb after his school activity. I was proud of how well he focused and listens to his instructor, and after class she told me he is working hard, and she is seeing big improvements in his focus.

The reason I did not go to Benjamin's school activity, and why he missed karate this week, is because this boy has a stress fracture on his left foot! Last weekend, he used the couch as a springboard to jump over a cardboard brick wall he built (the same couch he fell off when he broke his arm), and he landed on his foot. Nathan and I were in the other room when this happened, and Caleb quickly told us all the details. He couldn't walk for a day and we took him in for X-rays after it happened. No break was seen, so they figured it was a sprain. He stayed home from school a couple days, then was anxious to go back, but was still limping.

At his 4 year well-checkup earlier this week, the doctor suggested a second x-ray because stress fractures sometimes show up a week later in kids. Well, sure enough that's what it was! We thought he was getting a cast, but when Nathan took him to the orthopedic a couple nights ago (who also saw Nathan for his foot), he decided a bandage for a few weeks and hard sole shoes would do the trick.

The injury does not slow this boy down one bit. Look at that smiley boy!

 The bandage was decorated by friends that night, and he was happy to return to school to show it off yesterday. This boy and this couch!

Today we have the day off for Veteran's Day, and I am about to head out for an attempted 15 mile run with friends...Happy Thursday!