Easter Break

Today is the last day of Easter break for us.  The only thing that doesn't make this day a poor one is the great weather AND the final round of the Masters (which long time readers will recognize is Rob's greatest day of the year). 

It has been a fun break with weather somewhere between 80 degrees and snowing and back to 75 degrees today.  Here is a little photo expose on what we've been up to.

Sports
On Easter Sunday we went to the Milwauke Wave's MISL Championship soccer game.  We had great seats and despite going up 6-0 the Wave lost 12-6.

On Wednesday we also went to our long awaited Milwaukee Bucks game.  Owen had been talking about the Bucks for some time and wore his jersey religiously.  Unfortunately, the two jerseys we have are of two players who were injured and didn't play (Michael Redd & Andrew Bogut).  The Bucks won, we got on the jumbotron, our section won free Quarter Pounders with Cheese, and free Bango bobble heads).

In our seats, we were there a little early.

National Anthem

Owen intent on watching.

Game action.

Hanging Out

Home Improvement

We also spent some time at the B-town house working on things we should have improved while we lived there.   I had some basement wall work to complete and it turned out really nice (see, should have done it when we lived there).  I had put shutters on a while ago but I had some outside work to do also.

Basement wall (White was the previous days work)

Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone!  It is kind of a strange Easter as no family are around.  We went to church this morning and this afternoon we are going to the Milwaukee Wave MISL championship game.  Should be a fun time.  Here are a couple pictures of the Liam and Owen.

I'm Back!

I know, I know, I missed the ENTIRE month of March. That is the first time in three years of blogging that I've missed an entire month. Things got real hectic as the Chateau MOVED!!! Well, sort of. Being sick of driving, etc... we moved into a rental house in Milwaukee. The strangest thing about the whole deal is probably that it is the house I grew up in! Very weird, but only about 10-15 minutes from Risen Savior.

The Old Abode

I also wanted to keep everyone updated on Owen's progress.  He has gotten through all of his Dr. appointments and they seem to say everything is OK.  He does have a little white discoloration on the right side of his face, but nowhere near how bad it looked at first.  We are having a little difficulty not letting it get burned by the sun.  It seems to be a little red right now but the long term prognosis is an all clear with no scarring or discloration in the long term.  Amazing how the body heals.

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Lookin' Good

Spelling Bee Success

Liam was selected to participate in the WELS Area Primary Grade Spelling Bee from Risen Savior.  He got 35 of 50 correct on the initial in class spelling test.  We have had a really tough time getting him to practice and were basically forcing him to participate today.  I was worried he would go out in the first round.  Well, he did wonderful.  He was in the top 3 of his room's 16 students and made it to the finals with the top 6.  He was the first one out in the finals misspelling WHERE as W-E-R-E.  Oh well, he had a great time.  Below is a picture of him and his certificate/ribbon as well as a little video of him spelling NAME.

6th Place Ribbon & Certificate

In the finals!

Happy Guy!

All Clear

Owen went to the doctor yesterday and go the "All Clear" diagnosis.  He took the bandages off and the one on his face fell off.  He gave him permission to take a bath which was nice and get rid of the slime.  The Dr. was Japanese which made it nice to hear about how this might effect his skin.  He said there was probably little chance that there will be discoloration permanently. 

Owen smiling... you can see one of the burns on his shoulder. (2.25.10)

Lookin' Good

Owen is being a spazoid tonight.  I had to threaten him to get him to stand still for my daily pictures.  He is looking much better I think tonight.  The biological membrane is beginning to come off a bit and we are trimming it with a scissors.  The pink skin is going away a little bit and I'm more confident there won't be any issues with permanent marks, but we will see.  Owen does go to the burn clinic tomorrow for a check up and we will find out more then on what they think.

A little side note, the boy that was burned in that car crash in Milwaukee last year was back at Children's Hospital the same time Owen was.  Cathy didn't see him, but spoke to a few of his relatives.

Tuesday night (2.23.10)

First Day Back at 'School'

I think Owen looks much better today and today was his first day back at "school".  I still have a few concerns about whether or not he will have any discoloration or scarring on his face, but I'm hoping not.  Pictures definitely accentuate the burns, they are much harder to see in person.  The more distant picture even makes them harder to see.  It seems to have healed nicely around his eye too.

Monday morning (not woken up all the way.  2.22.10)

Monday night (2.22.10)

Monday night farther away (2.22.10)