Those Jenkins' Fish Tales

We went fishing at the farm.

First a little cook-out at the adorable historic farm house, then head to the pond.

Reeled in A LOT of fish.  Carter caught the first big one.

  

Luke got a couple of big ones but the line broke (I guess it was big) and lots of little ones.  And he was reeling it in with his newly healed arm...he was pleased.

Carrie even caught one.  The fish tale about this one was that as I was reeling a little fish in, a big bass tried to eat the it...almost caught two fish!

Brayden was supervising.

Field Day 2011

The boys had field day at their school Waterford Elementary.  One of the local high schools sent lots of students over to led the games...all seemed to be water games.

Luke is afternoon kindergarten but on field day went in the morning.  Both a.m. and p.m. classes together, first finishing their African masks.

 

Then on to Field Day activities.

Carter was soaking wet after the first game.  This game he had to sit on a sponge to squeeze out the water, so the team could empty out as much water as possible from their bucket.

Hot Day, Cool Floor

Hot, hot days.  Heat index over 100 degrees.
I come out of a room upstairs and look downstairs to find these two.

Apparently the coolest place to be.

Cast off, Brace on for Luke

Luke's cast came off this morning.  He was nervous about the appointment, concerned about how they cut off the cast.  He made sure Jeremy could come too.

A few x-rays and things have been healing nicely.

The cast was removed.  Yes, it was dirty inside...dirt, pieces of leaves (perhaps from the recent camping at the lake), and it smelled.

I think he thought his arm would immediately feel better and he could use it right away.  His arm was very tender and was not feeling great, he seemed concerned that he could not use it yet.  He will have a brace on for about two weeks which he can take off to sleep and shower...we like clean.

I dropped him off at school with orders from the doctor to lay low, no sports or craziness, stay off the arm for a bit longer.

Spring Soccer 2011

Soccer season came to a close for Carter and Luke's spring teams (Carter still has some All-Star practices and tournaments).  The season came to a close with one of the longest Saturdays we have had.

8:00 a.m. Luke's Game

11:30 a.m. Carter's Game

2:30 p.m. Luke's Game

4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Carter had 3 small games

Luke played up with 1st graders and did well, several goals throughout the season (although the cast seemed to make him cautious).

Carter has been playing great, lots of control and ball skills, goals and really understanding the game.

Jeremy coached Carter's team (and yes your can see him the pictures instructing/coaching/yelling at the kids)

First Science Fair

Carter came home a couple of weeks ago with the packet for his first science fair.  We looked through dozens of websites for ideas, printed out top favorites and he eventually selected the Diet Coke Explosion.

Find out which candy makes diet coke explode.  Carter selected several candies to try (with Luke's input, some based on which ones they like to eat).  It was decided to try:  Smarties, Sour Patch Kids, M&Ms, Reese's Pieces, Mentos and Skittles.

Carter set up his Scientific Method, hypothesizing that Smarties would explode the most.  But Mentos creates as massive explosion, shooting up into the air.

Carter then had to create his board for the science fair.  He carefully typed out each piece for his board (oh it was soooo slow and I had a lot of self control not to just do it for him).  He created a graph which I did replicate on the computer for him.  He worked hard and glued the pieces on.

Science fair day and all the school came to view the projects.

Carter received an A for his first ever science fair project.

A Hot May Day

What to do when the weather outside is an unbearable 100 degrees and it is only May?

The boys dug out the wonderful Christmas toys (really annoying singing things that their great-grandfather keeps giving them).  Line them up one by one, play the songs and dance crazy.  After a couple of dances it was requested for their show to only appear in the basement.

Luke has his cast

Luke has his first cast.  He was incredibly nervous before the orthopedist appointment, I think he was worried about them hurting him.  The orthopedist carefully unwrapped the temporary splint, poked around a bit, looked at the x-rays.  Luke broke both bones in his forearm, between the wrist and the growth plate.  One break, in the radius, was all the way through and the other almost all the way through in the ulna.

Luke selected his cast color to be blue.  Once the cast was on, he let out a big sigh of relief.

Then we headed to school where his kindergarten class signed his cast.  After school he had some treats waiting for him from a sweet friend from church and others in the neighborhood...he was spoiled.

 

Luke's break

After school, the boys on the street have been playing outside in the great weather.  It was a day to play dodgeball.  They were setting up a dodgeball court in our driveway.  While they were waiting for a car to be moved (so the car was not collateral damage in the game), they decided to be silly and play duck-duck-goose.  It was Luke's turn, he tagged someone, ran around the circle and dove right into a spot.  I was standing in the driveway watching them.  Luke immediately popped up and said, "It is broke!"  He has never broken anything before and he has certainly never declared that he broke something (at least not on his body).  His left hand was limp and started to swell.  He immediately went inside, not crying much, but wanted to go to bed.  He was not acting right and could not/would not move his hand.

We decided to take him to the ER.  He was brave and recounted the story of what happened to anyone who asked.  Some x-rays and it was easy to see he broke his arm, just above his wrist, in two places.

Right now his has a temporary splint and sling until he sees the orthopedist for a more permanent caste.

AWANA Awards

Carter and Luke finished up their AWANA program for the year.  Jeremy was a leader in Luke's age group.  The boys both finished their books, review, a review book and additional memorization of full chapters in the Bible.  They were called up on stage and even their ribbons, plaque and certificates.

Even Great-Grandpa, Great-Grandma and Aunt Janine came to cheer them on.

 

To celebrate their hard work, which has become a tradition, they are treated to ice cream with Jeremy's parents.

Mother's Day 2011

Saturday night with Jeremy's side of the family.  The boys and their cousins are always so good together.  The rocks entertained for quite some time.

The Sunday was the five of us, trying to enjoy the day despite Brayden being pretty miserable.