Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Never A Dull Moment

It is boring around here sometimes, but when the kids are around it is never dull.

Take today for example. After Matt finished his school work I sent him and James out to play. It is finally finally feeling a little cooler. And the air is so fresh and crisp. I wanted them to have plenty of playtime today.

Tyler comes in and says nonchalantly, "Matt is stuck in the hideout."

I go to investigate and find that yes, he is indeed stuck. He had been climbing our tree/bush/hideout combination and fell.

Don't worry. The vines caught him. And his leg was wedged in there pretty good.

When I got to him he was trying to cut himself out with his pocketknife. It wasn't working as he was surrounded by multiple vines in various sizes. I sent Abbie back in to get the clippers (and the camera), and in true blogger style, documented the distress of my child before I saved him. He came away with some scratches, but other than that he is okay.

I found out after he was freed that his older brother had known for quite some time he was stuck. You can just feel the love in the air around here.

7 comments:

  1. I'm glad I"m not the only one who says, "oh wait! hold still while I get the camera"...then offer help.

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  2. All good mother's grab the camera first, right? Sounds a bit like Pooh getting caught in Rabbit's doorway... That turned out all right too- I'm glad that everyone was feeling good enough to be outside, getting into mischief!

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  3. You are a champion blogger - always recognizing great blog material and ALWAYS pictures first!!

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  4. I'm just glad the others didn't try to burn the bush down around him. In a loving manner, of course.

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  5. LOL! Love that brotherly love!

    And, yes, I'm so glad you got the camera first. At times I have not myself. Then that moment is lost forever. If no one is actually in pain, capturing that moment of silliness/hilarity/dirtiness is usually worth it! ;)

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  6. Too funny, I have taken pictures of my kids in distress before rescuing them many a times!

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