I tell you what, it’s a good thing we have Adam around.

I didn’t even know my chair was broken until he was fixing it for me.

He also took care of the barn roof for me.

He sure is a handy guy.

The timing of Luke’s stitches really was the better case scenario. Best case scenario would have been no stitches at all, but since he did have to get them, having it be the day after he and Adam had their pictures done was pretty fortuitous. It also just so happened that he already had a check up scheduled for the day he needed to get his stitches out.

Dave took Adam to the doctor while I stayed home with Adam (he was napping). The first stitch came out easily, the second stitch was more of a problem though. It was tighter than the first and partially hidden by the scab over his cut, it also had some of the glue on it that they had originally used to try to close the cut. Luke was not impressed. He also got two shots today (part of his check up, not related to his head).

Dave felt bad for poor Luke and stopped and picked up ice cream on the way home.

I definitely think the ice cream helped.

Here are the new firetruck jammies that Adam told the photographer about.

These pictures were taken that day – which is why Luke’s forehead is stitch-less.

Adam has been a bit obsessed with firemen lately and was thrilled when I gave him his new pajamas. He was even more excited when he realized that Luke has the same ones.

Last week was “H Week” here and I had planned on writing a big recap of all the fun things we did however, H Week got cut short thanks to a trip to the hospital after Luke hurt his head.

The boys were playing together Friday morning – running around and laughing like the wild children they are – and Adam tripped. On his way to to the ground Adam crashed in to Luke, and Luke crashed in to the DVD stand. One of the handles on the DVD stand cut into Luke’s forehead.

I called Dave and thankfully he was able to come home right away. There was no doubt that Luke needed more medical care than a kiss from mama to make it better, so we took him to the emergency room.

They first tried to glue the cut shut, but that didn’t work. So Luke ended up with two stitches instead. It was not a fun day for him.

Adam, on the other hand, declared it the best day ever and asked if maybe sometime Luke could hurt his head again so we can go back to the hospital. Apparently having Daddy come home from work, getting to talk the ear off of Luke’s very nice nurse, and a happy meal for lunch adds up to a good day for Adam.

I do have some of our “H” work to share with you. We started out the week by making a horse.

We built a house (it’s from an Easter kit I bought on clearance years ago – Adam didn’t seem to mind though).

Adam colored a picture of Humpty Dumpty.

And then we cut it in to pieces so he could practice putting Humpty Dumpty “back together again”.

I had Adam line up a bunch of hippos by size.

And there were more tangrams too. The “shape puzzles” are definitely one of Adam’s favorite activities.

There were also lots of dot-to-dot and color by number pages (more Adam favorites). And H Week wouldn’t have been complete without Hank the Hippo in a hat. Of course once Hank had a hat Adam insisted he needed a watch, shirt and pants as well.

I would have been happier about H week without the field trip to the hospital. Luke seems to be feeling fine and the stitches aren’t slowing him down at all, which is good (even if it does mean I cringe a little more than normal every time he runs near a table or dives off of the couch). Unfortunately, considering how active my two crazy boys are I seriously doubt that will be our last trip to the ER.

I took Adam to get his pictures done yesterday morning. He was super chatty and talked to the photographer pretty much non-stop. He remembered her from Luke’s pictures back in June, and had to tell her (repeatedly) that the balloon she gave him after Luke’s photos blew out the window of the car on our way home. He also told her that Luke gets called “Sherman” sometimes, Mabel almost fell out of the car once, his favorite show is “Fireman Sam”, Aunt Stacy and Uncle Robbie have a cat named Tibby, Mommy hasn’t got his Halloween costume yet – but she got Luke’s, and that he was going to go home and put on his new firetruck jammies for rest time…among other things.

The photographer sent me this sneak-peek yesterday afternoon, and now I can’t wait to see the rest.

She even took some pictures of Sherman.

Last night Adam and I made cookies together (or “tookies” as he calls them).

He helped me by getting supplies from the pantry (and putting them away), counting with me as we measured the ingredients, emptying the measuring cups and spoons in to the bowl, and stirring.

He declined sampling the dough, but was more than happy to taste test the finished product once it came out of the oven.

And he was very pleased with the results.

‘Tis the season for little boys in cozy footed pajamas.

I’m a big fan.

Earlier, on our way back from getting Adam’s hair cut, he told me a story.

“Once upon a time when Papa and Daddy were little and Adam was big. Papa and Daddy couldn’t reach the fish crackers on top of the refrigerator and so Adam got them down for them. And they were happy. The End.”

The boys were both supposed to get haircuts yesterday. Luke sat perfectly still on Dave’s lap and let her cut his hair with no complaints.

Adam complained loudly and they recommended we make him an appointment for today with the salon manager, who was supposed to be really good with kids. So that’s what we did.

And that’s what we’ll do next time too. She did a great job, and while Adam wasn’t happy about getting his hair cut, there was no crying or yelling either – I’ll take it.