Castaway

It's been three weeks since I've seen that chunky little arm. I missed it.

Happy Castaway Day to our little crib-jumper! X-rays revealed two perfectly straight, perfectly healed arm bones after just three weeks in the cast.

Caleb was a little nervous about the saw when the procedure started, but once he realized that he was getting his cast off, he was more intrigued than upset. "Cast off! Cast off!" he repeated through most of the removal process.

When it was over, we played a round of "Elbows, no elbows," an arm-bending game the kids invented at the dinner table where they alternately bend and straighten their arms to make their elbows disappear and reappear. Caleb kept forgetting he could bend his left arm again, so Abby demonstrated until he remembered to play with both arms.

We celebrated getting the cast off the same way we marked the day it went on: with a delicious lunch at Moe's. Only this time, our little lefty was able to eat his burrito much more efficiently.