Liam's babysitter has a cast

She is lovely and talented and injured herself skiing. (Too much, much too much, very fast; she is a ski school instructor for tiny, little children, 3-year olds, but injured herself skiing on her own time.) 

She had a full length cast for about 4 weeks and was not babysitting, but now has a below the knee almost-walking-cast and is working herself back into the babysitting rotation.  So far, so good.  Her cast is purple and has made a big impression.  Although she is not yet supposed to put too much weight on her broken leg, she apparently excels at hopping using only one crutch.

If you look closely you can see Liam's cast, which is a blue pipe cleaner wrapped around his right leg.

We are falling into our old routines and schedules.  Pre-school.  Babysitter.  Work.  Welcome 2012, so far so good.