Easter Egg Splash

We like to do things that are a little bit different or quirky around here sometimes. One of our favorites is the H2O Easter Egg Hunt/Easter Egg Splash at the Murray Rec Center. This is our second year doing it. In case you were wondering, and I know you were, they do not actually put candy in these Easter Eggs. Afterwords, they show their stash of Easter Eggs to the staff and they get a bag of candy. :D



Kayley, Jonathan, and their friend Logan checking out their stashes before they get to play in the swimming pool during the open plunge.



Got their attention. Not!



Can you spot Kayley?

***WARNING*** Graphic Medical Pictures!!!!!

That having been said. Here are a few pictures of my knee at one week after surgery. If you are sqeemish, turn back now.

Here is Kayley trying out my crutches on for size.



This is what my actual leg looks like in my "immobilizer" that I get to where for another month. YIPPEE!



Here is what my leg looks like now. I do bruise easily, but still....

Adventures in Knee Surgery

I had knee surgery last Monday (April 20th. I actually had injured my knee for the eighth time about this time last year. Since my last injury I had been wearing a brace that looked very much like this:



The brace that I am now supposed to wear for a month looks like this:



It is a little bit annoying because I have to mostly walk with a straight leg. When I wear it under pants it looks really funny. I then refer to my re-cooperating leg as my "Michelin Man" leg.

I can now walk with the use of one crutch. Kayley has been trying hard to make my crutches "fit" her. Her solution is to use the hand holds as her arm rests. I will try to get a picture of it for you. :D

Hurrah for Susan Boyle

I have always been a major fan of the underdog. It is just part of who I am. I couldn't help cheering when I saw the video of Susan on Britain's Got Talent. She did not give off the best first impression. Most people were seen sneering and thinking that she had no business being there. Boy did she show them! Good for you Susan. If you want to check it out you can see it on YouTube following this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z0h1NNk1Ik

Enjoy!

Our Wonderful Children's Museum

On St. Patrick's Day, our local The Discovery Gateway Children's Museum let us (and anyone else who wanted to) discover all the fun things it has to offer for free. Kayley had been there before with her Aunt Kim, but it was my first time. What an amazing place it is! I took a few million pictures while I was there. I won't bore you with all of the them, but here are a few.



Kayley and the rock wall. She kept on wanted to try it until she was satisfied with what she could do.



This is a random cool jeep that you could pretend to put gas into. Jonathan and Kayley just thought that it was cool.



This is part of the "grocery store" they had set up for the kids to experience.



Here they got to use teamwork to help "build" structures.



This was in a structure that resembled a beehive. The kids loved it because you could send balls into these tubes where they would go flying off. The bonus is that you would get hit with a small blast of air. This of course, was Kayley's favorite part.



They had this cool defuct helicopter that the kids could explore.



Here is a "Mad Scientist" making "Leprechaun's Brew". The kid's found this absolutely fastinating.



Jonathan had fun building with these unusual blocks.