The rest of the story....

At the first of the week, it was very much in the air as to when Noah and Sarah would be well enough to be released.  Steve and I drove to St. Louis Sunday afternoon to visit Noah and he was still not very perky.  And Sarah was dealing with a great deal of post-surgery pain.  Monday and Tuesday we spent a lot of time driving back and forth to University Hospital to be with her.  Happily, Noah turned a corner Monday and he came home from the hospital on Tuesday.  Sarah was still having pain episodes but she came home late Wednesday night and she is staying with us until she is able to drive.  Bones rejoined his person on Friday.  And, even though it might seem incongruous, Emily left Wednesday morning for a long-planned trip to Hawaii to visit Beckie.  But, it was all good because Noah was home and doing great and I had been planning to watch the grandkids all along.  

 
Steve took me to St. Louis to take care of the grandkids that morning and I had a wonderful time with Noah, Lucy and Quinn for three days. 

 Fiona helped me unpack....She is so adorable!

We didn't do much - Noah didn't return to school until Friday morning and then, it was for just half of the day.  Lucy had her pre-school Wednesday and Thursday.  The boys and I watched Despicable Me 2 Thursday morning while she was gone.  We watched the volcano DVD Steve and I bought while we were in Hawaii....several times.   I worked on projects in the morning while the kids played.

do you see Quinn up in the corner?

 
 Lucy enjoyed play-dough Friday morning

I napped and returned to working on projects every afternoon while the kids slept.  I caught up on Downton Abby and Enterprise-season 3.  Cooking was pretty easy since the refrigerator was still full of left-overs from kind ward members.  I returned home Friday evening. 

I believe I had the easier load as Sarah's recuperation has definitely had it's ups and downs since being home.  She is doing better today and Steve and I went to her apartment this morning to fetch some of her things.  I expect she will be here through the week.  She has a follow-up doctor's appointment this Thursday. 

I went to my third pottery class yesterday afternoon.  It is just so much fun!  I cleaned three pieces and threw these two pieces: