Good morning everyone!
Today will be our second day at home an d it is wonderful!
Yesterday William and I spent a sunny winter California day walking around our property with the dogs. We explored all of the overflowing seasonal streams and collected buckets full of dirt. We live in an area where gold was abundant during the gold rush era and for that reason William is convinced that we have some undiscovered gold in the streams. Most of the day was spent gold panning in icy cold mountain stream water. Unfortunately William was utterly surprised and complety disappointed when he did not find any gold.
After a brief period of feeling sorry for himself, William came to the conclusion that all the gold is still hidden in the tons of quartz rock that we have lying around everywhere so, today our time and mental energy will be spent on finding a way to crush the quartz and extracting gold. Yes, in William's mind it is just THAT easy to find gold.
It's so entertaining watching the thought process of a little 8 year old. A few minutes ago he was in his father's shop comparing a regular hammer, sledge hammer, rubber mallet and ax. I could actually see his little curious brain working on the mechanics of which tool would work better. William has finally decided to use one of his wood carving tools and the regular hammer to chisel away at the quartz... I will get the band aids and ice packs ready ;)
It is William's favorite time of the year and the annual Cub Scout Pinewood Derby race is fast approaching. This weekend Randell and William will be working on building William's derby car and hopefully we will have some time to do a few test drives ;) William is scheduled to start chemo next week Tuesday so we have high hopes that he will be done with neutropenia by the 30th, the day of the race. Actually, now that I am thinking about it, the race is such a big and long anticipated event and if by some small chance William is still neutropenic, we will slap a mask on his face and participate in anyway ;) Besides, these are the memories that last a lifetime and I am not about to allow this stupid cancer to stand in the way of something that is so important to William.
Keep on keeping on. Live Strong in God’s miracle of cancer healing that he is working in Sir. William (The 2011 pinewood derby race winner)
;)
Today will be our second day at home an d it is wonderful!
Yesterday William and I spent a sunny winter California day walking around our property with the dogs. We explored all of the overflowing seasonal streams and collected buckets full of dirt. We live in an area where gold was abundant during the gold rush era and for that reason William is convinced that we have some undiscovered gold in the streams. Most of the day was spent gold panning in icy cold mountain stream water. Unfortunately William was utterly surprised and complety disappointed when he did not find any gold.
After a brief period of feeling sorry for himself, William came to the conclusion that all the gold is still hidden in the tons of quartz rock that we have lying around everywhere so, today our time and mental energy will be spent on finding a way to crush the quartz and extracting gold. Yes, in William's mind it is just THAT easy to find gold.
It's so entertaining watching the thought process of a little 8 year old. A few minutes ago he was in his father's shop comparing a regular hammer, sledge hammer, rubber mallet and ax. I could actually see his little curious brain working on the mechanics of which tool would work better. William has finally decided to use one of his wood carving tools and the regular hammer to chisel away at the quartz... I will get the band aids and ice packs ready ;)
It is William's favorite time of the year and the annual Cub Scout Pinewood Derby race is fast approaching. This weekend Randell and William will be working on building William's derby car and hopefully we will have some time to do a few test drives ;) William is scheduled to start chemo next week Tuesday so we have high hopes that he will be done with neutropenia by the 30th, the day of the race. Actually, now that I am thinking about it, the race is such a big and long anticipated event and if by some small chance William is still neutropenic, we will slap a mask on his face and participate in anyway ;) Besides, these are the memories that last a lifetime and I am not about to allow this stupid cancer to stand in the way of something that is so important to William.
Keep on keeping on. Live Strong in God’s miracle of cancer healing that he is working in Sir. William (The 2011 pinewood derby race winner)
;)
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