Andrew returned home after 3 weeks in the hospital just in time for a big weekend. Andrew’s Grandpa and I went out to spend some time with him last Wednesday. He came home to find a big box from the wonderful people at the Pinwheel Project. I managed to snap a shot with my phone, and asked him to wait until I could get a photo with real camera, but the temptation to tear in to his new toys proved too great. It really lifted his spirits to come home and find some new toys waiting for him. They also sent his sister Taylor some neat stuff, including body crayons, which make an appearance in just about every photo I was able to take.

Courtesy of the Pinwheel Project

We spent Thursday and Friday relaxing, watching movies, playing with his new DSi and assembling a Lego set he got from The Pinwheel Project. Andrew was feeling a little sick, and didn’t want to tell us, for fear of going back to the hospital. Once we figured out what was going on we gave him some more drugs and he cheered up quite a bit.

On Saturday we had tickets to got to the BSU vs UC DAVIS game at Broncos stadium. We were with the “Bronco’s Bunch”, through St. Lukes. Both Taylor and Andrew were excited, despite the fact it was only about 56 degrees outside. We spent about an hour getting ready to go cheer on the Broncos. After Andrew was all dressed he even tried to tackle me, a rare burst of pure energy.

(Be sure to take a closer look at this one)

As we got to the game we could tell it was cold, but didn’t really mind, since we dressed for the weather. Unfortunately, about 5 minutes in it started to rain, and continued to rain for a good amount of time. Eventually Andrew decided he’d had enough and told me, “If Taylor want’s to leave, we can go.” So that was it. One and half quarters on a cold rainy day is plenty for a sick kid.

The rest of the weekend was pretty low key, although I did get Andrew to draw a picture of Lolo, the purple chinchilla that he alluded to at the end of his last video. Not sure where that one came from, other than a bored kid stuck in a hospital for 3 weeks.

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