a lesson learned…we hope
Moving to a new city can be overwhelming. Thankfully, being a member of our church usually brings the benefit of having a built-in social network. We have already been invited to several other members’ homes since relocating here. Tonight was an invitation for dessert at the Smiths’ home. The kids played wonderfully together while the adults were able to chat and get acquainted. After dessert it seemed like the right time to let the kids play outside on the elaborate swing set in their backyard. There were several close calls with the kids walking by the moving swings. Mike had the very important discussion with both girls about keeping the distance between themselves and the swings. Despite this long warning Mimi still got knocked clean to her back and was left with a huge, swollen eye. It looks much worse than it really is–just a lot of packs of frozen peas on the forehead all night. Hopefully, this will be a lesson to her to always watch herself around swings from now on. Somehow with Mimi I don’t think she lets these traumatic events stop her gruffness.
How about close up.
July 21st, 20083:32 am at
Yikes! Glad to hear she’s ok, though. Frozen shrimp works well too–I can personally attest to that. I made contact at a fairly high speed with a corner of a door when I was 5 and got myself a similarly sized bump on my head. But frozen peas are doctor recommended (Jim can attest to the peas).
July 23rd, 20082:18 pm at
WOW!! That is a shiner! I’m glad she isn’t inhibited by her outward appearance and will go on just fine! Poor baby. That is a nasty one.
July 23rd, 20084:39 pm at
I can hardly look at those pictures without almost feeling the pain myself. After a few days now she doesn’t seem to notice it anymore. I did catch the girls looking at it in the mirror yesterday though…LOL.
July 25th, 20081:50 am at
We’ve had a few of those…. at first you feel so bad but after a while it is kind of funny. Kids seem to bounce back like nothing. The other thing that is similar to this is to have some odd insect bite which leaves like this huge lump on their face or head somewhere. These lumps of falling or insect-biting are so big, like my grandpa would say, “the calf could suck on it”