This has been the strangest winter I can ever remember, with hardly any snow and such warm temperatures that we never even put the kids' bikes away. In January Archer was riding his bike around the block!
The warmer air that's been blessing us lately has brought everyone out of their houses for some time in the sunshine and it's not without consequences. Shelly returned from two days at Grandma and Grandpa's house with a bruise and scrape on her forehead, along with scrapes on her arms and legs. They were the result of a collision with her brother as they made a trip around the block - she was running, he was on his bike and an unfortunate series of circumstances resulted in Archer and Shelly in a heap under the bike. I'm not sure how Archer escaped without injury, other than maybe his sister softened the fall?
Yesterday we went for a walk around the block and Elijah got to hold a worm for the first time. He didn't like it (surprise!). And when we were exactly half way, at the farthest spot from home, he wiped out. On his face. Scraped the bottom of his chin badly and came up covered in gravel and grime. Its pretty ugly looking, it probably still hurts. Not that its slowing him down. This morning we went outside to look at the sky on the driveway (Shelly's chalk masterpiece) and on the way in he wiped out again. This time its his knees. Well, you know his knees would have been fine, if he had been wearing pants. But who needs pants (or shorts) on a beautiful sunny day like today? I wonder if I'll have to keep him in pants all summer to protect his legs, its what happened with Shelly, I always made sure her knees were covered because she seemed to fall so often - hopefully she's past that now. But E - well, he's still a beginner at this walking thing, and with so many other people to chase after, there's no reason to slow down now!
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