How sad to think of the U.S. soldiers who have died so far, especially those who were captured and killed by Iraqi soldiers today. I certainly hope this war serves a purpose.

Other than the constant, depressing war coverage, it's a beautiful spring day here. Lots of firsts for us, too. This morning Cory set up the clothesline, so I was able to hang up diapers for the first time since last summer. I love how white they become! Cory's setting up the swing set right now, and Accalia can barely contain her excitement.

We also went out to the lake today so Accalia could play on the toys there. It was a bit cool and windy near the lake, though, so Cole and I waited in the van for the majority of the time. It's fun to watch how outgoing Accalia has become around other kids. She used to be so shy. Today when a boy and girl came up to the toys, Accalia said, "Hi! I'm Accalia!"

Yesterday was a rather rough day for Accalia. We went for our weekly outing to McDonalds so Accalia can play in the playland (thankfully the weather is turning nicer now she we can just go to a park), and she got hurt when she was on the slide with a few other kids. One mother came up to me and said a little boy just shoved her face down. I have no idea which kid it was, though. Accalia was crying and screaming about her hand. We came home and Accalia seemed to be feeling better, but she woke up from her nap crying and screaming. Cory finally got it out of her that her hand hurt. We couldn't tell that anything was wrong, but Accalia was definitely favoring it. So we took her to the convenient care clinic where they x-rayed her hand. The doctor couldn't see any breaks, although he did say to bring her in on Monday if it was still really bothering her since breaks on growth plates sometimes show up after a few days. She's keeping her hand wrapped up in an Ace bandage right now - a little inconvenient since it was her left hand that was injured and she's left handed, but she's doing well. Last night it seemed she woke up almost every hour crying about her hand, but she doesn't want to take any medicine except for homeopathic arnica. She says that's helping a lot, though, and this morning she said her hand felt much better. Guess we just have to keep watching.