Luckily, we didn't need a stitch. Nothing a little glue and packaging tape apparently can't fix. Next time one of them runs into the corner of a wall, I'm taking them straight to Home Depot. By next time, that really only leaves 1. Elaina turned to sprint down my parents hall over the summer last year and ran smack into the corner there. DING! and down she went. Three stitches. Elijah comes running in from outside and DING! Same spot as Elaina, they really are twins. The funniest thing though was that Ethan was right behind him and when he saw blood, he took OFF!!! White as a ghost. Once I got Elijah calmed and settled I actually had to go on an Ethan hunt to see if HE was passed out somewhere! And honestly, there wasn't that much blood! Eric is pretty much screwed if there is a hunting/camping accident and Ethan's his backup! Dial 911 Eth. Eth? Eth?!? Cross doctor off future job possibilities, we're back to actor/president. Oddly Elaina was asleep. They wanted to 'camp out' last night so we set up a tent in the backyard which they played in all day. The time came and they all went to bed, cozy in their sleeping bags. We sat on the patio, drank some Rose and listened to Ethan telling them a story. Waiting for the escalating protests to going to sleep in the not so great outdoors. Then, silence. We waited a bit longer. I retired to bed to read and still no one came in. It was now 10pm and fully dark. Still they slept on, alone outside. I woke at 11 and then at 12:30. I recall 2 and of course 4, still no screams of terror. 6:10am brought the thundering sounds of 6 feet on the stairs, they were all alive and at that point still well. They survived their first night outside alone in a tent. They can't sleep all together in their bedroom with out a night light on but give 'em a tent in the dark and they're all good. Hence, Elaina fell asleep at 9am. When did we get to this point? Wanting to pull away so badly, yet burying their heads in my shoulder to shield out the eyes of the world. Torn between independence and comfort at 3 and 5 and 7. When do they finally choose independence? 10? 20? My arms will always be long enough to wrap around them, to hold their hands while a doctor glue sticks them back together. If they get out the duck tape and staples though we're moving to Canada.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
A case for circular houses.
Luckily, we didn't need a stitch. Nothing a little glue and packaging tape apparently can't fix. Next time one of them runs into the corner of a wall, I'm taking them straight to Home Depot. By next time, that really only leaves 1. Elaina turned to sprint down my parents hall over the summer last year and ran smack into the corner there. DING! and down she went. Three stitches. Elijah comes running in from outside and DING! Same spot as Elaina, they really are twins. The funniest thing though was that Ethan was right behind him and when he saw blood, he took OFF!!! White as a ghost. Once I got Elijah calmed and settled I actually had to go on an Ethan hunt to see if HE was passed out somewhere! And honestly, there wasn't that much blood! Eric is pretty much screwed if there is a hunting/camping accident and Ethan's his backup! Dial 911 Eth. Eth? Eth?!? Cross doctor off future job possibilities, we're back to actor/president. Oddly Elaina was asleep. They wanted to 'camp out' last night so we set up a tent in the backyard which they played in all day. The time came and they all went to bed, cozy in their sleeping bags. We sat on the patio, drank some Rose and listened to Ethan telling them a story. Waiting for the escalating protests to going to sleep in the not so great outdoors. Then, silence. We waited a bit longer. I retired to bed to read and still no one came in. It was now 10pm and fully dark. Still they slept on, alone outside. I woke at 11 and then at 12:30. I recall 2 and of course 4, still no screams of terror. 6:10am brought the thundering sounds of 6 feet on the stairs, they were all alive and at that point still well. They survived their first night outside alone in a tent. They can't sleep all together in their bedroom with out a night light on but give 'em a tent in the dark and they're all good. Hence, Elaina fell asleep at 9am. When did we get to this point? Wanting to pull away so badly, yet burying their heads in my shoulder to shield out the eyes of the world. Torn between independence and comfort at 3 and 5 and 7. When do they finally choose independence? 10? 20? My arms will always be long enough to wrap around them, to hold their hands while a doctor glue sticks them back together. If they get out the duck tape and staples though we're moving to Canada.
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