Leila Ann: October 2010

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Tree Stand

What a week!
It's bow season here, and David has been slipping off to the woods every chance he gets.
On Wed, he was supposed to have dinner with his boss but they decided to do lunch on Thurs instead.
SO, off to the woods he went.
About the time I was expecting to hear that he was on his way home - he called me.
He had fallen out of his tree stand.
Yes, he has the safety strap, and yes, he had used it.
But apparently, there's another part that you use as you're climbing up and down, into and out of it.
THAT was the part he forgot that day.
As he was coming down, he fell.
Another thing - I had NO idea where he was. Only a general idea of the vicinity of the land, he was hunting on.
I had to call Austin at work - because they are the only 2 that know where their stands are.
He had to immediately leave work (thank goodness they're understanding and nice).
I left Leila with Darrell and said - feed her something for dinner and do something with her!
We found David and took him to the ER.

When you fall more than 3 times your body length - it's considered a trama, and you get right in - no waiting (woohoo).
God was with him, because he had no major damage. Thank goodness.
At that point, we had 3 cars out and only 2 drivers. Austin and I worked them home little by little.
So after a VERY long evening, we all made it home about 12:30.

Thurs was Trick-or-Treat.
David made it out for that to watch Leila gather her loot.
But, Thurs night, he started bleeding.
On Fri morning, I took Leila to her preschool evaluation, and David headed back to the ER.
They admitted him for internal bleeding.
(Once again - 3 cars, 2 drivers.)
After running several tests, they're still not 100% sure where the blood was coming from, but it seems to be stopping.
They sent him home this afternoon with instructions to follow up with the dr on Mon.

We had cake and ice cream tonight for Leila and Darrell's birthdays.
Fortunately, David seems to make it home each time just in time for the important things - but I'm exhausted at this point.

Oh yeah, and his bow is totaled.
When he heard that - I had to keep reminding him of just how lucky he really was and of how much worse things could have been.
But the bow with all the sights and junk on it, is about $600-$800. And we just don't have that kind of money right now to replace it.
I'm sure he'll be even sadder once he feels better.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Carving Pumpkins

We carved pumpkins on Sunday.
We always say we're going to do it early, but never do.
We actually managed to do it before Halloween this year!

Leila thought she wanted to help - until time to do it.
There was NO way she was putting her hand down in that 'yucky' thing.
David tried and tried to get her to help him, but each and every time, he got a definite and resounding - 'NNNOOOOOOO'.

David and Leila did one, and Darrell did one.
(Austin came home about the time they were finishing up.)

Austin had senior pictures taken last week.
If anyone wants to see them, go to www.putneyphotography.com
Click on HS Senior Gallery and then his name.
I've been eliminating some, but I still have a ways to go.

I have friends that home school their kids.
I know some are very good at it.
They put lots of time and work into it.
Their kids are smart, well-adjusted, and polite.
It's not for me though.
I do fear that we would all go crazy and end up in jail.
HOWEVER - we still learn LOTS of things from each other.

For instance:
The boys taught Leila how to do the 'Loser' sign during church a few weeks ago.
And just last night, Leila taught them that sticking a pretzel up your nose will make your nose bleed.
See - we're educational too!