Everyday Mama: Leah's Casting Off Party

The cast is off! Hurray!!!! It's been a long few weeks/months for our family with the cast, but on March 30 we put it all behind us.

We stayed at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells, and most of our family was there. We decided that we would all go up Friday then spend all day Saturday playing in the water. Leah loves slides at the park, and water so we figured she would just go crazy for slides in water. Not so much.

I'm not sure what she was so afraid of, but Leah wouldn't go near the water....or the slides for that matter. In the beginning, all she wanted to do was play in the little swings that babies play in. Literally, the age range on those things was 6-12 months. So, we all kept trying to get her in the water and after an hour or so we gave up and decided to go eat cake.

We ordered cake and balloons for Leah since it was for her birthday too. She loved the cake-what 3 year old doesn't?

After the cake, Leah finally began warming up to the idea of the water park. She was splashing around and laughing, and she eventually started going down the slides by herself.

It was a great day once Leah decided to try a few rides. We would love to take her back again someday!

The next day was Easter, so when Leah woke up she had a little present from the Easter Bunny, who came all the way to the Kalahari to deliver her basket.

When Leah first broke her leg-back on November 30, 2012, I'm sure Ryan and I thought it would never end. So many appointments and small set backs, pants that would never fit. It seems so unreal to have her cast off and it all behind us. We realized what a strong little lady we have and how she won't give up or let a little (or in this cast-huge) cast bring her down.

Her leg is back to normal now-maybe it's still a little hairier than her other leg-but strong and ready to run. Let's hope that this is the last injury we have for a while.

Date of original Fracture-November 30, 2012