Saturday Fun that Ended Badly

Saturday was such a beautiful day.  We had a picnic in the park and then the kids played at the park for a while.  It was 75 degrees and it felt wonderful to be outside.

Myles first time on the swings

slide time

hanging out in the shade while the other kids played

Ashton and Abbie even out the see-saw with Lexie on the other side.

We had a great time.  After dinner the big kids went out in the back yard and played while I was getting Myles ready for bed.  

He is sitting already, I can't believe how grown up he is getting already.  Why does time have to go so fast?  

Then through the open window I hear, "oops, mom I kicked the ball into the woods," to which I replied go and get it.  Ashton started down the steep wooded hill since that was where the ball was and then a few minutes later I hear another little voice(Abbie)...  "mom, Ashton is bleeding!"  He came inside with blood dripping down his leg.  After getting him cleaned up (thanks Lexie) this is what we had. 

 I decided to take him to the ER to get stitches which meant I had to take Myles too.  (Jake was at Camp Ripley with the guard) Well the ER doc said that glue should do the trick and it is less traumatic and faster, so we went with glue.  Bad idea but that part of the story will come later.  He had gotten almost to the ball on the steep slope and the rocks had given way under him and he went head over heals the rest of the way down the slope.  I am really grateful that all he ended up with is a cut, some scrapes and bruises.  

Here is the knee all patched up.  This was Saturday night about 9 pm.  

By Sunday evening the glue had come off and his knee was split open again, looking worse than it had in the beginning.  I really didn't want to make a return trip to the ER, Jake was still gone, so I found some steri-strips that I had in the medicine cabinet and fixed in myself.  That did the trick!  Nurse Nikki to the rescue!