Church Trunk or Treat

It was the church trunk-or-treat tonight. Lexi spent the whole night with her friends - Serenity, Hazel, and Brock. She didn't cooperate with me taking a picture, but fortunately I had friends there that took some and forwarded them to me.

Cheer Photo Shoot

Lexi got cut from basketball try-outs, which wasn't a huge surprise since her foot is still healing. The plus side is that making it to the cheer photo shoot was much easier. She would have been sweaty and rushing to get ready if she had to stay after school for basketball. She has enough on her plate anyway.

The photo shoot went well and they all looked and acted like glamourous models. The picture above is the 7th and 8th graders combined. The ones just below this are the 7th graders.

Lexi with her big sister

Lauren, Annelise, and Lexi

Lexi and Annelise

Lexi, Lauren and Karli

Follow Up Appointment

Lexi's follow up appointment with the podiatrist was today. She wanted it today so she could get permission to try-out for basketball. He felt her foot and had her do several activities. It seemed ok, but he really wanted her to take another week of rest. She begged him to give her the permission note so she could try out and promised to go easy on it. He gave it to her, but we'll see if she how it goes. Even if her foot was perfectly ok, she hasn't had a chance to practice at all.

See the hand over her face. She does that a lot when I am taking a picture. I think she just wants to be an ornery pre-teen.  

Cheer at WE

Even though she had the walking boot on, Lexi made it to cheer today. She even participated almost as much as she normally does. 

Camp Journey Trunk or Treat

Lexi decided that she wanted to be Coca-Cola for Halloween. She wanted a red Coca-Cola t-shirt, striped knee socks, and a tutu. It was cheap and easy, so I went for it even though we rarely drink soda. She got to wear her costume tonight to Camp Journey's Halloween Party and Trunk or Treat. Camp Journey is where she volunteered over the summer for special needs kids and adults. I took pictures of her with some of her friends that also volunteer. The picture is of Riley (Astros player), Serenity (Super Girl), Lexi (Coca-Cola), and Brock (11 from Stranger Things). No surprise, they had fun tonight. 

Not Playing at the SLJH Game

Tonight was the biggest game of the season in volleyball. The top 2 teams played. Sadly, Lexi and the girl that she rotates in with were hurt. A broken arm and a sprained foot knocked them both out for the rest of the season. The team just wasn't the same without them. They lost.

Injured Foot

Yesterday, Lexi hurt her foot in tumbling class. I noticed at the end of class that she was trying not to put her foot down while doing push-ups. That seemed odd to me, but she walked out of there pretty normal. As soon as we got out of the main door, she started complaining that her foot had been hurt really badly. She was faking that she was ok. She wanted me to take her to the emergency room. I figured that it wasn't broken if she could walk on it and fake that it was ok. She demanded though and I explained that I simply don't have the money for that. I honestly don't. She has insurance through her dad, but the deductibles are HUGE and he rarely helps me with it. I knew going to the emergency room would end up costing over $2,000. I just can't do that, especially when I was sure that it wasn't broken. She was crying and angry at me, but I took her home. I had her put oils on it and I offered her Tylenol, which we rarely if ever use. I told her we would deal with it tomorrow. I knew that would give us some time to see how bad it was.

By the next morning, she was still complaining and couldn't put pressure on it. It wasn't swollen or bruised though. Fortunately, we have a friend at church that is a podiatrist. I called his wife and got an appointment this morning. I also borrowed crutches from a friend. I took her in and his assistant did x-rays in the office. He told us that her foot was sprained and that it would take 2 - 5 weeks to heal. That was pretty sad news since it will ruin the rest of her volleyball season and possibly make her miss basketball try-out which are in exactly 2 weeks from today. Of course, cheer will be effected too. He was kind enough to give us a walking boot for her. Hopefully, that speeds up this process.