"You're Welcome" Notes

Last Friday, before the accident, Jess rented a texture sprayer from Home Depot, and finished the drywall in the playroom, a spot in the kitchen, and our bathroom, which we're redoing. We meant to try and paint and have it all done during the weekend, but obviously our weekend didn't go as planned.

So EVERYTHING from the playroom has been scattered all over the house, and I haven't even tried to keep any kind of order. So our house is in shambles. PLUS it was another warm, really humid day. So at about 3 pm, when we started to get sticky, frizzy hair, we moved into our room to turn on the window a/c and lounge around together watching Charlie and Lola.

The little girl wanted down so she could "walk" along the side of the bed,
giving me that mischievous look.
Cason did the usual.
At one point he hopped off the bed, and then just stayed down there for a minute. When he didn't come right back I called to him. He didn't answer so I said "Cason? Are you okay?" He still didn't answer, and Paige gasped and looked at me, all worried. I asked ONE more time and he said "Yeah, I'm okay." Paige goes "Phew, I thought he was killed."

Paige practiced drawing/writing with her right hand, since her good one is out of commission. She drew me a mermaid.
Not bad. She put it next to me and asked me to pretend it came in the mailbox. So I did, and then I scribbled a quick thank you note, and put in "the mail".
Then she wrote me a "thank you for the thank you".
So obviously, I sent her a "You're welcome" note.
Then I tried to get some pictures of Neely and me. She wouldn't look at the camera, just wanted to cuddle up to my head. Ha.
During all her cuddling I got a look inside her mouth and saw she has a new tooth poking through. The top left incisor. She'd been a little fussy in the evenings lately, so I guess that was probably why.

She cuddled me for several minutes, but then Gia hopped up and stole her attention away.
Cason was sneaking around in our closet, and just when I was about to ask what he was doing, he emerged like this:
He did NOT have a sword when he went in. Haha.

Paige is still pretty discriminating when it comes to what she'll allow other people to draw on her cast, but she added a few little colorful spots.
Pretty soon we heard the front door swing open, and Paige and Cason went running, yelling "DADDY'S HOME!!!!" Neely started trying to follow them, and clearly said "Dada" a couple of times.
I thought I heard it a few times over the last week or two, but Jess wouldn't allow me to call it officially, until this time!