Our Visit to Connecticut and A New Cast

Daddy had a work trip to Connecticut and we decided a change of scenery would be great for the rest of us, especially SP as I know she was going stir-crazy.
It was a long but uneventful drive and we were all happy to see the hotel room. SP and J-man are very partial to hotels, if up to them we would stay in one weekly! SP particularly

enjoyed having a huge bed to herself LOL

J-man was in it for the pool

While poor Daddy was stuck in classes for 2 days the kids and I enjoyed exploring some local sites in CT and meeting up a wonderful friend and her family who made the drive down to enjoy some time together at Dinosaur State Park and lunch :D

A trip to CT wouldn't be complete without seeing Mystic Aquarium!

We had to contend with some wet weather, but we were armed with a trusty trash bag to keep SP's cast dry and overall it was a great visit!


complete with the non-needed stuffed animal souvenirs LOL

How can you argue with that smile?












And somehow to kill time we ended up at Chuck E Cheese, ugh! miles from home yet at Chuck E Cheese...the Pez Company wasn't open yet, so that's what I was stuck with.

the drive home was longer and filled with dreadful Friday traffic. I have no idea how the people in CT and Jersey deal with that on a daily/weekly basis.







The next week was cast appointment time! Yay! The xray showed healing so SP got to go to a smaller cast- yippee! Still no weight-bearing for at least 2 weeks on it.
We call this the watermelon cast

we return again in 4 weeks for another cast appointment and eye and joint visits the same day...along with bloodwork (shhhhh....I haven't told SP about that yet, I'll wait until we're there to spring that bit of unhappiness on her)

The new cast makes things a lot easier, SP has been able to use her walker more at home instead of relying on the wheelchair. Her poor leg is getting sooo skinny though :( I'm afraid what it will look like when she is completely done with casts.

Still hoping she will get 1.5 weeks out of a cast before school starts, but I'm not going to bet on it.