Here Son just play with a hatchet

Ok so that sounds kind of bitter. When Chris took the boys out to Durham to go woodcutting last weekend it ended like I hoped it wouldn't, with a trip to the ER for a cut thumb. I had visions on my way home from my walk, then too the hospital of what it would be like and thankfully it wasn't nearly that bad. As a precaution, FFP took him in just in case he needed stitches. He didn',t just sterile strips and a big bandage around it for a week.

While they were out at the field FFP taught them the right way to hold the hatchet and to keep both hands on the handle. Boys being typical boys, they played the right way for a long time. But Daddy forgets that little boys have a tendency to foget the rules after a while too. They "played" well for about an hour with the hatchets and when they were about to leave "AHHHH" and BLOOD! Blondies left thumb was hit with the edge of the hatchet because he was hitting the ground and holding himself up with his left hand instead of holding the handle like instructed by daddy. Hollywood got really got pale and didn't do so good with the blood.He felt so bad that he told his daddy that he thought he might throw up. I don't think that Hollywood is going to be a paramedic since he apparently inhearited the lack of excitement over bodily fluids gene from me. FFP looked at it and decided we better head to the hospital just in case. It wasn't that big but kinda narly. My hope is that no one in my family plays with hatchets again for a very long time.

Christmas 2007

The boys had a great Christmas this year. Santa (who is still very much believed in here in the household) brought the whole family a Playstation 2, it was a considerable deduction in price from its lately issued PS3 or the Wii. Although Blondy is much more intrigued with his Webkin "Jump" who is a beautiful Tree Frog with a virtual room and yard at Webkins.com. He has to earn Webkins $ by doing various tasks to buy food and other essentials for a happy and healthy, not hungry tree frog. I'll have to get a picture of them together. Of course Hollywood got one too and his obsession is a bit more engaging as I wrestle time with my computer back from him. Blondy is in his I want it and I want it now faze so we have been having to curb computer, video and TV time of late but I hope with the back to normal routine things will even back out to normal. We are counting down the days to Uncle B and Aunt R's wedding Feb.2nd. We can't wait.