Broken Wings

Monday afternoon Ally broke her arm, again. This is her second broken arm in seven months. On this particular day I was babysitting my nieces Rebecca and Janet. All four of the girlies were downstairs dancing and twirling in various dress-ups to one of my Hilary Weeks cds. Well, graceful Ally tripped on one of the thousands of toys strewn about the "dance floor". As she was falling she put her arm out to break her fall. It definitely broke her fall all right. When Nate's sister Wendy and her hubby Brad (both work in emergency/medical services) showed up to get their girls they put Al in a homemade splint. An ice pack, a dish towel, an Ensign and two rubber bands did the trick. Off we went to the doc. She ended up with a buckle break above her left wrist.

Yesterday I took her in to get her actual cast put on. She chose purple with pink stripes. Isn't she too beautiful for words? I gotta tell ya, it scares me. She is growing into such a beautiful young lady. Last Sunday she came out of my bathroom with my rhinestone earrings and necklace on, with her hair perfect and smelling like a Bath and Body Works tester table. She was so pretty with her perfect tan and her coordinating outfit, not to mention the lip gloss she had slathered all over her lips. It was definitely a sign of things to come. Did I mention she had her purse too? Scary cute. I'm not ready for her to be a young woman, but I am afraid she is heading down that path. ((sigh))

Anyway, she will be in the cast for 3-4 weeks. Not exactly how you want to spend your last weeks of summer vacation. She's a little bummed. When she broke her arm last December she was at "Grandpa's Sledding Day". I wasn't there, I can't remember why, but I sent Nate with the kids. Al came home with a buckle break on her right arm. She apparently flew off the sled and again put her arm out to break her fall, and again it did. Last time she chose solid pink.

The happy day she got her cast removed. She didn't love the smell or the dry skin but she did love that she could itch her arm without sticking a foreign object down her cast.
Counting the Unbroken Broken Leg from last August this was Ally's third "break" in 12 months. Time to give it a rest sisser-pie.