Broken thumb

Luke hurt his thumb at karate yesterday and as soon as he got home he said "it's broken." Cory had taken him to karate and said he didn't even cry when it got hurt so we were thinking it was probably just jammed or something. It was pretty swollen but we thought we'd wait till the next day to take him into the doctor to get it checked if the swelling didn't up down. So today when he woke up it was still swollen and getting bruised so I thought I better take him. Sure enough, it is broken! The doctor kept saying what a strong and brave boy he was because when the doctor would touch it and ask if it hurt and ask him to bend it Luke never cried or even whined. He is going to have to wear this splint for 3-4 weeks without taking it off! They said if he had a hard time keeping it on we should cast it. We'll see how he does over the next couple days. Poor guy, it's his right hand so he can't write, draw, and it's hard for him to do a lot of things by himself. But he is being a good sport about it. We love our guy! 

Christmas sleepover

Tonight we started a new tradition...sibling sleepover out by the Christmas tree. 

Little Dinosaur wins at the district level!

Tonight we had the district level awards assembly for reflections for Luke and he won! His story "Little Dinosaur" is going onto the regional level! There were eight schools there and he won out of all of those. It was a big stage with a lot of people in the audience and when they called his name he walked all the way up there all by himself very bravely and got his medal. We are very proud of our boy!

Letters to Santa

 Halle asked Santa for:
A toy set
Barbie
Princess horse clip clop palace
Yo Gabba Gabba box

Luke asked for:
A real dog (puppy)
Darth Vader helmet
Jake and the Neverland Pirates hide out toy
Thomas treasure train track
Art kit

Polar Express

Over Thanksgiving weekend we went on a trip to the Polar Express! We drove five hours there and then boarded the train. Then we drank hot chocolate, ate cookies, they read us the Polar Express, and then we got to the North Pole! We drove past the lights and then Santa got on board and passed out bells to all the kids on the train. On the way back we sang Christmas carols. The kids loved it! It was very fun.