Two weeks of mom-hood

Right now I am on a two-week break from school.....it is heaven.  I am going to enjoy every minute.  Yesterday was a visit to Shriner's with Mason, and it went so well.  Every time I go there I am reminded how grateful I am that Mason is so functional, and that his little orthopedic problem is so slight, especially considering what the doctors told us at first.  My heart is always bursting when we go to Shriner's and see all the wonderful kids that struggle with such serious disabilities.  I love the way everyone is treated at Shriner's, it is so kid-centered and such a happy place.  Anyway, the doctor said that as long as we keep encouraging Mason to utilize his left leg fully, and keep him active that we are accomplishing as much or more that physical therapy or even surgery could do.  We are in a big "left, right, left, right" campaign to get him to use both legs going up and down the stairs, or any other climbing and it is working.  His left leg is getting bigger and more muscular, and he seems to be developing the habit of using it instead of favoring it so much.  Next is to get him to ride his little trike, that will do wonders for his left leg.  After Shriner's I took him to McDonald's and he went nuts playing and climbing.  He got a bloody nose however and by the time I got him to come out of the tunnels he looked like he had been in a slaughterhouse.  Gross.  He had fun though, the little girls he was playing with were pretty grossed out, but they seemed to forgive him after we cleaned him up as good as we could. 
I am waiting anxiously for my big kids to come home and visit for a while.  Kasey will come home for a week and will see Karly's play - Bye Bye Birdie.  Karly does a lot of dancing and singing and her claim to fame is her one line..... something about boats, I can't quite remember.  DJ will be home for over a month before his mission and I can't wait for him to be home.  He will get to spend lots of quality time with Dad as he is officially getting his OTHER knee replaced in May.  Bummer, but a good thing because he is in pain all the time, and a little cranky.  With DJ here he can entertain and keep Dad company some of the time, though we did play some decent Scrabble games during his recuperation from the last knee replacement.  I swore I would go to the gym every day during break, so it is off to yoga class for me........