Mouth VS Coffee table... coffee tables wins

What happens when a boy is so happy to have a peeled Easter egg? He doesn't see the pillow that was on the floor when he rushed around the couch and he trips...

Hitting the coffee table with his face.

Knocking out four of the baby teeth across the top of his mouth.

And biting his bottom lip almost all the way through.

Causing his older sister Child #1 to yell OMG!! when she sees all the blood pouring out of his mouth which in turn scares Child #2 causing him to cry more. Which causes his mouth to open wider and Child #1 then sees missing teeth and yells OMG again... which really scares the crap out of Child #2. Which makes him cry even more causing blood to flow all over his chin.


So I grab a towel, ice pack and load everyone up for a trip to the ER.

Apparently there was something in the air today... four other children had facial lacerations from falls within the two hours we got there. That was the longest wait we'd ever had at Seton NW. A doctor came right out and did a quick check to see the extent of his injury (he was okay) while I was at the front desk and then it was about 15 minutes before we went through triage and then it was another 40 minutes before we saw the ER doc. Thankfully Hubby met us at the ER and he took the other three kids home while I stayed with Child #2.

Child #2 even fell asleep in my arms while we were waiting.

No stitches were needed for his lip and we did a quick x-ray to see if he swallowed either of the two teeth we couldn't account for. X-ray was clear and they sent us home with some pain meds.

Thankfully they were baby teeth and were going to come out soon but definitely not the way you want them to come out.

Coffee table always wins.

That particular coffee table has now won against Child #2's mouth and Child#3's head which accounted for 4 staples when he was about 20 months old. Not to mention the plethora of bumps to various noggins over the years... and various bruises to my own shins.

Yep, coffee table always wins.



Sadly he didn't get to enjoy his boiled egg either. Doubt he'll want to eat one for a while.

Crossing the Divide

Crossing the Continental Divide in Colorado on April 2nd. Hard to believe we were in 75+ degree weather a few days earlier in Texas.

She likes to rock out with the best of them...

She may be the "Pretty Princess" if you ask her what her name is but yeah she likes to rock out just like everyone else. She is pounding her hands in the air, tongue stuck out and head pumping up and down to the Foo Fighters.

No Barney music is allowing in our house or cars. We listen to regular music. I also love to see all the heads bob along with Green Day. LOL!

Spontaneous Sibling Love

So we needed to walk to pick up Child #1 & Child #2 from school because Hubby took my Discovery to work today. As we are walking along, Child #3 just reached out and took Child #4's hand. No prompting from me but just because he loves his little sister.

Makes a heart just melt.

The first of many Science Fair Projects...

Child #1 was required to do a Science Fair Project this year as a third grader. I don't think I did my first Science Fair Project until I was in seventh grade. Well Child #2 wanted to do one too. He isn't required to as a first grader it is optional.

So after much thought Child #1 decided to do hers on Volcanos and Child #2 decided to do his on the Saturn V rocket.

Definitely need to start the project much sooner than the week before. Yep, Hubby and I were up late the last night making sure every thing was finished and dried.

Child #1 received a 1st place blue ribbon.

So did Child #2. He was so proud of his rocket. He did most of the actual painting, I just did a little bit of the clean up and put the stickers on straight for him.

I really like how they award the ribbons. There isn't a single 1st, 2nd or 3rd place ribbon for each grade, it is figured off total points like a grade. So each child is only completely against himself really.

Date night with Child #2

Child #2 and I had a little date night. Originally Hubby was going to take Child #1 to see Avatar at the IMAX theatre but he forgot that she had piano on Tuesday after school until after he'd bought the tickets.

So Child #2 and I get to go instead. He was sooooo excited. While we waited until we could get in line to go into the theatre we checked out the museum. The IMAX is inside the Bob Bullock Texas History museum. Its a very cool place. We also picked up a Texas Rangers Deputy star for him...

Afterward the movie, which was AMAZING, we went out to dinner, his choice... some place that has shrimp. The boy does love his shrimp. So we went to Red Lobster. Not exactly my first choice but its what was open near us. Food was okay but he was happy and that's all that mattered.

Tomorrow night Child #1 and Hubby get to go.

How to not spend Christmas Night

Child #3 has had a lovely cough for the past couple of days. After a wonderful day of presents, both Grandmas being here and a tasty meal it was bedtime.

Child #3 wasn't feeling up to par and started to complain that his ear hurt. None of the ear drops I had made if feel better so off to the ER we go since MeMa (my mom) was staying the night and I could leave the other three kids to sleep.

Since we are in the middle of Flu Season here, he got to wear a face mask to keep from spreading his coughy germs. He thought it was kind of neat. It had Mickey Mouse on it too.

Yep, slight ear infection. We'd like a script for the numbing ear drops please. Thank you very much... honestly the only reason we went to the ER was to get that script, not the antibiotics.

Only took about 45 minutes too. I love our ER. Its close and quick.