Wag, Wag, Wag!

Kaleb has always been super creative and imaginative, and this week was no different.  We had balloons from Chick-Fil-A, and the next day Kaleb decided that he wanted to be a fox with an orange tail, so took the balloon string and made a loop out of it to hook around himself.  He would then run around the house saying "wag, wag, wag" as he would wag his little behind to make his "tail" wag!  It was hilarious, and so precious!

Karis had good news this week when he went to the doctor and Dr. Cole said "Get up and walk" (while irreverent, it reminds me of the story in the Bible where the man is told "You are healed, get up and walk!").  If only it was so!  So with the doctor's firm permission, Karis immediately ditched the black boot and the crutches and has been "walking" (or should we say 'lurching', as it is still painful and doesn't have the range of motion back, so he looks quite interesting as he walks!) ever since.  It definitely makes life a lot easier.  His pain is still requiring him to take his meds on a frequent basis but he's hoping in another week that much of the deep bone aching will start to subside.
As is a tradition, we headed off to the park after naps last Sabbath (what a great way to run off some of your kids' endless energy!).  Amy was aghast after reaching the park when Heather H called to ask where we were - why weren't we at Adventurers!?  Whoops - totally flaked out on that!  Bergherms and Cochrans joined us, and Zachary was delighted to have Uncle William pull out orange cones to make soccer goals.  The boys played with those for a long time!  We also took the opportunity to have picture time with Addison and Devin!

Zachary adores being the goalie - and has his stance all ready for when the ball comes!

Speaking of soccer, last Sunday was Kaleb's first soccer game.  Man those 4 year olds are cute out there!  They are playing inside, rather than outside like it was when Zachary was at the JCC playing with Coach Eli, so that the ball is more contained and the kids don't get distracted picking the wildflowers!  Ha ha!  It actually is much nicer for those reasons, and the fact that it is so much more climate controlled!  Kaleb, Evan and Kieran had a great time.

Kaleb about to kick the ball in the center of the 'field'

We capped off the weekend by heading over to the Cochrans for the second annual Superbowl party with the usual crowd.  Karis in particular had a great time visiting with everyone as he was just so happy to be out of the house! :)    One particularly cute moment was when we were about to leave, Brady Grodack came over to where Jenn was holding Addison and wanted to give her some 'loving' - so cute!  We highly encourage all possible future marriage connections with folks that we like - who wants to have in-laws that you don't know and don't like!  Ahh, if only arranged marriages were still in vogue! :)

Karis and his black boot - thanks to Allen for taking this picture as Amy didn't actually get a picture before Karis discarded the boot!