Today was Redwood's Promotion! We had such a great day with Caeley...This week was so much better than the last couple of weeks too...CJ got all the bandages off his face from his surgery . About 3 weeks ago he was attacked in the water at a water polo game..The kid broke CJ's nose and shattered the orbit around his right eye. He had surgery to re-set the nose and repair the broken bones around the eye. His face has been covered up for 8 days but this week he had everything taken off and although he is a little pale and still puffy, he looks great! His nose was broken so badly that the septum was folded over like a taco. The doctor had to sew it basically back togther, but looking at CJ you would never know that his face looked so bad only 3 weeks ago. Anyway , in the midst of the chaos and craziness which truthfully is a constant around these parts...Caeley quietly tried out to sing at the Promotion ..They picked ONE ( count them..one) person to sing and it was CAELEY! However, being that I am just shy of medication from the nutiness of the last few weeks, it sort of had me slightly freaked.
I'm kidding about the meds ..btw.
And I will tell you why...
You should know that I have a slight sickness ....clothes, shoes, accessories, shoes, hair, make-up, shoes, nails, eyelashes, and the list continues to grow. So, once Caeley found out she was singing and I found out CJ would look normal when the bandages came off...it launched us into a search for the perfect, yet MODEST dress. not easy. Don't ask how many places we looked...and looked and looked..but we found one..
Then of course the babies ( yes, i know they are 12, 8 and 7 but they will always be the "babies") all needed something fun to wear and don't forget me...and then I thought about sitting in the sun for two hours and bought coloring books for the babies too. Oh and new crayons. and princess water bottles. And since CJ has been so sick and in so much pain, I bought him a few new things as well...
Oh and lets keep this info between us ..no need to tell the hubby about the quest for perfection.
again, kidding..
In the end it was a beautiful day, a beautiful song and she looked lovely and we all cried and hugged and smiled and were grateful for our little family. Crooked nose and all:)
