Purim Spectacular

It's been a week, but what a week it's been. Very busy, recovering from Colorado and Purim, visiting with friends, getting the cast off and seeing Toy Story on Ice. I took a nice nap this afternoon and I'm ready to catch you up...

Queen Esther, Butterfly, and Zoro
(or the Dread Pirate Roberts)

Maasen as Paul Blake. The other day Paul
walked up to his office and I almost didn't
recognize him without his visor...

A Queen puts out a lot of fires;
good thing she has a trustworthy cousin.

Check out the footwear.

Seriously? Incredible.

FASTER!

Then Cass got a package from MeMe in Florida and boy was she excited. Thank you  MeMe for blessing Little Cass. She is excited about it all! We've done the puzzle several times, and she saves the princess pieces for herself and makes me and Maasen put together the pieces that have the prince on them.

See the determination?

The perfect puzzle for Cassidy!

Wednesday night we sat down to do Bible Study. Cassidy had her Bibles and notes and wanted to discuss Moses. Unfortunately we were finishing up Habakkuk, so our conversation was a little confusing. After gleaning all she could from us she excused herself from the table and went off to her room. About ten minutes later she appeared in this. She changed out of her clothes and put on, from head to toe: her new tiara, her very own pink(!) KU shirt, her new princess skirt, pink camo sweats and one fancy shoe. Priceless. I love this girl's sense of style.

And the highlight of the week: they took off her cast! We drove down to Children's Mercy which was not the highlight (thank you for your prayers), and waited our turn. When we got to the room Cass was completely calm. The nurse showed her the saw and then proceeded to cut up both sides of her foot and leg. Not a tear or a squirm, even though I'm sure it tickled her little foot. Then as soon as it was off she let the waterworks loose. She has been so brave this whole time, I think it was a release of stress.

We talked to the doctor, who informed us that after looking at the x-ray he could see the break went all the way through the tibia. He could see this because new bone was forming in the break. He said it might be a week before she'd walk on it, but she's been doing great since then. It's a bit weak, and sometimes she's a little hesitant, but she walks around quite a bit, determined to be the active girls we know. We are very proud of how brave and patient she has been this whole time. Now we pray for perfect healing, just as the L-RD designed her leg.

The banjo on her knee

Thanks for catching up with me. I love you all and I'm thankful to have you in my life. Maybe we can get coffee sometime...