I want to ride my bicycle... I want to ride my bike.

Today Matilda had to go to the hospital to get her ankle checked out, luckily it was not broken and she was able to have the plaster cast removed. She was so brave as she had it pulled and proded by lots of doctors, we had a long morning waiting to see a fracture specialist, we waited 1 hour and 50 minutes before we even saw anyone, but Tils was happy drawing and playing with her sister and asking the other patients what they had done! The doctor loved her rhinestones on her cast!

When Daddy came home he had a suprise (The kind only Daddy's do when their child has had their plaster cast off for a whole 5 hours and we had agreed Father christmas would be getting her one!) A Bicycle for Tilly!
She was so excited and is so in love with it. It is purple,pink and silver -hideous, But it is the best thing in Tilly world and she is thrilled so that is all that matters. She has her own basket for her shopping but she is a bit concerned about Baby betty! She has only riden it in the kitchen so far for fear of hurting her ankle, but we are sure it will see more action soon.
We had paella for supper and Elsie decided she would rather wear hers than eat it!

The weather has turned!

Today we just chillaxed! Mummy has been designing some fliers for her friend Hannah's beauty salon - I am being repaid in treatments - Yay! So I have spent the last few days helping people with websites, designing fliers, cutting hair, being Mummy and generally very busy! We made some time to take some silly pictures and have fun, we also had some marshmellows toasted on our log burner as it had turned quite cold over the weekend so we had a lovely chilled weekend.
Here are a couple of the fliers Mummy designed, the criteria was Lilac and crisp - Not a usual thing associated with me!

Happy Birthday Jay!

Today is Jay's birthday, so we sent him a picture / e-card to wish him a good day - well as good as it gets in Afghanistan! Tils and I did the funny photo shoot in the morning and Elsie was still at Grannys, so It was Just Tillinja, Thinking of You Jay xxx

Tils first bath!

Tils has been having bed baths, but we had to get her in the bath to have a proper wash so, we put a carrier bag over her cast and secured it with hairbands...she thought her Mummy was a loony! But we managed it (Tils had to keep her leg in the air!) and she came out sparkling clean!

choo choo chooosday

Two Willies having a cuddle!
Smiling Wig
Sleepy Wig
Tils opening her card from Grandma- she has her snow white hair band on!

Tils seems to be alot more comfortable now, although she is started to get abit aggitated with all the sitting around! Grandma sent her some Gemstones to stick to her cast and she is loving her princess sparkles!
Granny, Rachel,Pops, Penny and Susie popped in yesterday and Livvy stayed for tea, although both Liv and Tils are missing each other a great deal when they are apart, they seemed to argue over everything yesterday! - It was quite funny watching them though because Tils is immobile and she is normally the faster one and this time Liv is running away with the toys and Tils has to stay on the bed! They both ate their supper on a tray on the bed and played with some safari animals and had another tea party! They also played hide and seek - which was restricted to the bed! I have added some photos but the camera is playing up and will not focus too well, so I am sorry about the quality of them.
We just have to wait until the 30th to find out how long Tils is out of action, as she has an appointment at the fracture clinic for more X rays etc.

Todays shenanigans!

We had to take Tils to the doctors this morning - she was not impressed with being in the buggy! Liv walked next to her and Elsie squashed in with Penny! It was an early start and Olivia came back to play for a bit and they spent some time playing Catz and Disney princess on the Wii, they also played on the telephone toy- talking to each other even though they were sitting together!
Elsie pelsie pudding and pie sat on Penny and made her cry! - Els looks huge here, she normally looks alot smaller in the face!
Tils and Liv played on the Wii and had a teddy bears picnic. The doctor asked Tils to keep her leg raised all the time, so we have been trying to keep in on a pillow to reduce the swelling.
Tils and Liv having a snack, Til has a lipstick sweetie, it was a real treat and she kept putting it on and blowing me kisses!
The Teddy bears picnic in full swing! Tils loved having Livvy around and when it was time for Liv to go to play school Tils listened to some music, Mummy had to keep jumping up to change the songs, she had not really paid attention to the lyrics before as I always listen to the radio when the children are around - my ipod had some pretty fruity language on it! And then Margaret came around and kindly brought Tilly some tomatoes which Tils was thrilled with, Tils played wither her disney game again and then watched Beebies for abit and played with the dressing up book Emma bought her. Daddy came from Work and Emma visited too, so it has been a relaxing day...for Tils!

Ankle Gate...The latest!

Its a shame that our first post in weeks is the world exclusive of 'Anklegate' - the full story!



So I better start at the beginning!
Tom was playing rugby yesterday afternoon in Brackers and whenever he plays at home he always rides his bike up to the club house so he can partake in some beer action with the lads afterwards!
Tils scooted up (At sonic speed as per usual!) and I pushed Wig in the bug, when it was time to go home we were all ready for a curry! - boohoo for me, we never got it!
When it was time to leave Tils got tired as she had been running round the club with Macy and Finner's and we had already had a busy day so she asked to put her scoot on top of the buggy and sit on Daddy's bicycle, she was sitting on the cross bar being pushed along and thought she would see what would happen if she put her foot in the spokes - Sounds like something Uncle Charlie would do!

Well obviously it got mangled and tangled, then she started to cry - not because of the pain but because she had lost one of her favourite sandals - she is sooooooo her Great Grandmother's, Grandmother's and Mother's daughter!

She had not realised what had happened to her foot at at first as she was so worried about her sandal and Tom could not see her ankle as he was holding her, so I told him we needed an ambulance ASAP, trying to make it sound really casual so I didn't scare her - you know me ...VERY subtle!!!
Her foot was almost black as all of the blood vessels had surfaced, it was also nearly as swollen as her thigh when it first happen- we thought it had dislocated.
We waited for the Ambulance, and Tils did not want to get in at first, but the Ambulance men Ian and Jim were fabulous - they are not Matilda and Elsie blog readers YET (maybe we will give them the URL when we take a cake down to them!!!!) They were great with both Tils and me - I nearly fainted about 4 times!
I was talking jibberish - quite normal I know, but worse as I was in shock! I was telling Tilly she would see sheep, and out of pure coincidence when we got to the hospital the room they put her in was farm yard themed and there was a massive sheep painted on the wall, which was great as she was fantastic once she saw the sheep that I had promised in my warped state of mind!

This picture was taken just before she was plastered up, The swelling had gone down quite alot by then but it is still pretty bad. - it is her right ankle.

She had 4 X rays which were inconclusive as she had a splint on her ankle, it had metal on it next to the suspected fracture, so it obscured the view of the bone, once they removed the splint they took another 4 X rays but the swelling was so bad they are still unsure whether it is broken or not, so she has to go back to the fracture clinic for more x rays in a week, she had her leg put in a cast and she was given morphine (she is now a mighty morphine power ranger!) and lots of pain relief and she was allowed home providing we return to A & E if she gets uncomfortable or the cast slips. She was super brave!

She is on COMPLETE bed rest for a week... Anyone who knows Matilda will know I have my work cutout on that one, she has already tried to get out of bed twice and said she doesn't really want to wear the 'funny leg' anymore! - her and Vicky are like twins now!

Olivia and Pen popped by to see the patient today whilst Mummy was at Tesco with Emma, she has also been playing on the Disney princess Wii game we brought her for being so brave - it is so dull, but she loves it!
She has had two other treats too - eating in the front room is a big no no here, and she has had breakfast, lunch and tea on the sofa bed. Plus, I do not normally give her tinned food and she had Fi fi and the flower tots pasta shapes (YUK!) in tomato sauce on toast for Sups, so she is absolutely milking it now!

She is off of school for at least a week and is now on the sofa bed in the front room during the day and in her bed at normal bed time until Mummy and Daddy go to bed, then we will bring her back down stairs and take turns in staying with her, Elsie is also up during the night as she is still suffering with her tummy, So we are all going to be tired bunnies! - I have not done personal replies to text messages, facebook messages and emails as there are so many people, so I will send the link to this post - please don't be offended by the impersonal nature!!! Anyone wanting to visit is more then welcome as it will make the week go alot quicker!



Elsie has been fabulous, Emma and Mark kindly took her last night whilst we were at the hospital, and today she has been making lots of noise- she is really loud!