Ouch!

Most of you (family and friends) are already aware of this incident, but here is the whole story...

On Saturday, I went out with my sister Julie. While I was gone, Matt and Joey went sledding at the park by our house. They were sledding with a couple other kids, and a neighbor mom, Marcia, was there watching. She was going to leave, but her son asked her to stay just a little longer to watch the sledding. I'm so grateful she stayed. Matt sledded down the hill and tried to go under the metal park bench. His head hit the back of the bench. Huge head wound. Marcia yelled for the younger kids to go get help while she held a snow hat to Matt's wound. Bryan was home, and he took Matt to the Instacare. Matt ended up with stitches both below the surface and on the surface. He is lucky to be alive. He took a Tylenol with Codeine that night, and a regular Tylenol the next morning...and that's it! He has felt no pain. I have him doing indoor recess this week. I am sure if he was outside with his friends, he would forget about the head issue and run around like a wild man. Poor kid.

A nice neighbor covered up the bloody snow at the park before I got a chance to do it. However, a few days later enough snow had melted so I could see the blood. It was everywhere. I am so grateful that Matt is okay. I am so grateful that Marcia was there to help. It could have been so much worse. I love my Matty!



Wow, isn't it lovely?



Sunday, before church, Matt, Joey and Kate put on their (Kate's) butterfly wings and "danced" around. Can I just say it is close to impossible for Matt to take it easy? We had to buzz his head, so his hair wouldn't get in the wound. The only problem is that the wound is SO obvious with a bald head. It caused quite a commotion at church.

Another entry in Matt's book of adventure!

I'm Stuck!

This afternoon, Josh yelled in a tattling voice, "Mom, Matt's throwing snowballs at the window!" It was the window right by where Josh was doing his homework, so he was annoyed. And any opportunity to tattle on Matt is fun for Josh. So I opened the front door and yelled for Matt to knock it off. Then I hear "I'm stuck!" I peeked outside, and all I see is the top half of Matt. The bottom half is in the snow. Do I run to help him? Oh no, I run to find the camera. I got the camera, got my snow boots on, and went out to see Matt. I informed him that I was going to get him out, but first I had to take a few pictures. :)



I asked him how in the world this happened! He said he was walking on the sidewalk (um, hello, it's under a few feet of snow!) and was doing fine until he sank. And then he was stuck. Good thing this happened in front of our house, so he could throw snowballs at the window to get our attention! We had a little talk about walking in the street instead of the "sidewalk" when the snow is this deep.