Oh we caught one alright.
Not quite what I was expecting or hoping for, but a break nonetheless.
The Friday before New Years, my kids proved to be in rare form. (Who am I kidding, it’s more of a rare form when they aren’t acting crazy, ha!) They were completely insane. Jumping, screaming, fighting, even coloring on the couch…
Yes, this did happen. And I almost had a heart attack. In most cases when they are this energetic I send them outside and let them run to their hearts’ content. But when I tried this day they came running back in five minutes later because it was SO cold! This meant we were forced to survive indoors until daddy got home. Because boys are boys, and I had exhausted all other options, I let Ethan and Titus wrestle in the living room. Of course I was watching to make sure nothing too severe happened, but I really wanted them to be tuckered out by nap time.
They decided on the “airplane” game. Where one person is on their back with feet in the air and the other person lays on the other’s feet and “flies”. But the simple version was just not cool enough for my little men, so they kicked it up a notch (hello Emeril Lagasse). Instead of laying on the bottom person’s feet, you sat on them and proceeded to be launched in the air instead. While this might prove to be dangerous with grown adults, I really thought my 6 & 4 year olds would be okay. Ha! Boy did I underestimate their craziness! About the 20th go around on this game, Ethan launched Titus in the air and he landed on his arm instead of his tale.
This followed with a quick and sharp, “AHHHHH!!!” Which continued with a flood of tears and hysterics.
At first I thought he was being overdramatic (like he’s known for) and all would be fine. But when his “act” kept persisting a couple minutes later, I decided to make sure he didn’t break it. After an SOS tweet to see what signs kids show when they break their arm, and my professional examination (ha!) my fears eased because I decided he didn’t break it.
But as we all know, I know absolutely nothing…ha! Later that night we thought it best to go ahead and take him to the ER just to make sure. And sure enough, it was broken. It’s a buckle break, the “best” kind of break to have. Basically the bones crumpled like cardboard instead of actually breaking. Sounds gross, looks sad, and I wanted to cry. My baby broke his arm.
Titus wanted Ethan to go to the ER with him, so here’s how Ethan stayed entertained. Yep, that’s my kid, ha!
They wrapped his arm, put a sling on it, and gave him a popsicle. Titus wanted Ethan to get a popsicle too, and made sure the nurses knew. After making his wishes known, the nurse questioned, “Well didn’t he break your arm?” And Titus quickly answered, ” Yep, but he needs a popsicle too.” haha! Love that kid!
A few days later I had to take him and the other kids to the orthopedist to get his official cast on. Apparently all the nurses and doctors loved the story behind his break. Men.
Titus was a little nervous about getting a cast put on so I promised after he got it on I would make it awesome for him…then he was okay, ha! (pictures of that awesomeness to come follow tomorrow!)
I wish I could say that our life settled down after that, but no such luck. We then began passing around the flu in both the original and stomach variety…if you know what I mean. YUCK! As a matter of fact today we still have 3 out of 6 of us down for the count.
Needless to say, I am ready for things to calm down.
But I sure as heck won’t be asking for “a break” again, ha!
How has your New Year been thus far?!
As “exciting” as mine?
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Oh poor thing! YOu have really gone through the ringer lately! Praying you all feel better in no time!
Oh no! At least you have a great blog post out of it! Haha! I’m sure you could have done without though:)
Oh no! Poor little guy. We play that often and have yet to “catch a break” from it. Hopefully we don’t now. Praying you are all better soon and can start beginning the New Year… healthy and all.
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