Yesterday I went to physical therapy.  She said the hand looks great.  Amazed at how much swelling there still is and the stitches...I was thinking 4 or 5 stitches...closer to 15!  Already getting good movement.  The finger itself does not hurt (bone) but just the incision.  I will continue to wear a splint periodically, but it sure is nice having it off and getting some movement.  Amazing how stiff things can get after 7 days.  The only issue right now is splitting open the stitches, so I have to be careful how far I bend it.

All the boys need a haircut, but it always scares me because they never seem to cut it right.  I took B for his haircut.  He wants to continue letting his hair grown out, but it needs some shape.  I told her to trim it up.   Then I made the mistake of asking her how guys let their hair grow out without it looking like a mullet.  I noticed she was cutting the front a little short (okay, way short) so I walked over there.  I was running my fingers through his hair and telling him how much I love his curls.  Then I turned around and walked back over to the chair.  I looked up and the curls were gone!  She somehow took my comments as I wanted a 'Justin Bieber' haircut.  I was livid.  It took everything I had not scream at her from across the room.  I kept reminding myself that it was just a haircut and it would grow back...that school pictures were probably a month away and it would look better...that B did not seem too upset, so don't make a big deal about it.  I am still really irritated by it and trying to figure out why.  I guess it is because I felt like she did not even listen to me and if she did and there was any confusion she should have clarified.  Next time we will tell her to trim 1/4 to 1/2 inch off.  Just one more rant...the only way Justin Bieber's hair looks the way it does is because he uses a lot of gel/hair spray and has someone to fix it every time he shakes his head.  The average Bieber cut 'falls' every time you move.  Uugghh.  (I just asked B if he liked it and he told me he does not like Bieber and he does not like his hair - but then it would grow out....)

The boys got their teacher assignments. We start school next Wed. Jbird has a male teacher - first time for either of the boys - he is very excited.

Next week I am going to start implementing some schedule routines. One thing will be a menu of foods for the week. So today B and I were in the kitchen preparing some small desserts for the freezer. He made cup cakes and home made brownies all by himself. I made some breakfast cookies - it will take some getting use to because they don't taste a lot like 'cookies' but will be a very quick, healthy breakfast for the boys.

Fair warning...here is a picture of my finger....if you don't like this stuff, then close out the page (still trying to get the orange coloring off of it from the anti bacterial stuff they put on it
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