Thankful Thursday

Is it really Thursday again already?? A couple things I am thankful for this week...

1. A dad with a green thumb
My dad has a beautiful yard. He loves yard work. I hate yard work. But he is always so helpful and willing to answer questions when I have them.

2. Scouts
Jared loves scouts. They took the month of July off and he couldn't wait to start again. I am so grateful for all the work that his leaders put in. I was an assistant leader in scouts not long ago and believe me, I KNOW how much work it is. Thanks Cheryl.


3. Painted toenails
I can't remember if I have already mentioned this on Thankful Thursday but I'm doing it now! I LOVE to have my toenails painted. The rest of me can look and feel tired and frumpy but if I have painted piggies I feel at least a little bit cute. I especially love getting pedicures. I don't do that too often though, usually just paint them myself.

4. Fall
I love fall, it is my favorite season. I keep hearing people say that fall is in the air, or fall is coming. Now I'm not totally ready for it yet...but I'm getting there. I love that we get to experience all of the seasons where we live.

5. The on-call Doctor
Yesterday we were at Pack Meeting for scouts, out in the parking lot doing a "Rain Gutter Regatta". The siblings of the scouts were all running around and playing. Gabe came wobbling over to me crying and his toe was quite bloody. Cole had gone in the church and Gabe was going over to the door to get him out and Cole opened the door on Gabes foot. Nearly took off his entire toenail on his big toe. I felt pretty confident that I needed to just wash and bandage it, but I wasn't sure. I would hate for him to have issues later because I didn't take care of it the right way. The Pediatricians office was closed so I called the on-call doctor. He was so nice. Said it was a "traumatic toenail avulsion". Ouch. That sounds so much worse than "ripped off toenail". Wait, maybe not. He said to just wash it out good and bandage it. We managed okay. Why is it I can see horribly traumatic things at work like bodily organs on the outside of bodies and be fine. But a little blood on my kids toe makes me nervous! He is fine now though. He was pretty sad when I told him his toenail was going to fall off.

Jared has such a tender heart. As I was trying to comfort Gabe, Jared saw what was going on and starting sobbing and saying, "I wish it was me!" So Trevor was trying to comfort Jared. Yes, we tend to make quite a spectacle of ourselves sometimes!