Well, let me tell you a disturbing story. Last night he was all ready for bed. I was trying to give one of my very effective (not) lectures, when this guy made a very wise (not) decision to dive headfirst into bed, then instantly grabbed his eye, screaming. As if in slow motion, I saw it all happening. Behind his pile of blankets, out of his sight, but clearly seen by me, was a wooden toy with a small dowel rod sticking straight up into the air. He chose this great pile of blankets and landed a direct hit on the wooden stick.
I immediately abandoned my lecture (congratulate me on my good judgement later) and hugged the boy. He was crying and still holding his eye. I was slightly afraid to look. I admit that I had very tired thoughts of spending hours in the ER on this very tired night. (I guess that's one way to get to visit Dad at work.) Thankfully, when he finally let go of his eye, I could see that it was not as direct of a hit as I had feared.
Who dives headfirst into bed?! I don't do that. I calmly get into bed like a sane person. And it's one thing to jump into bed- But to try to land on your face?! I do not understand and I do not know anyone else who dives into bed facefirst.
Oh wait. Yes I do. I won't name names. But one time as a teenager, I hid in her bed to scare her. I had no idea she liked to dive into bed headfirst. But I found out. We smacked heads so hard. Her shock and pain were evident in her well thought-out, "That's why you shouldn't do that!" before she ran over to Mom and Dad's room. And just because I was the laughing big sister didn't mean it didn't hurt me too!
So perhaps Evan takes after his Aunt Kirsten. Not that she was the diver or anything... .
But at least she learned her lesson. Tonight I was sitting on Evan's bed waiting for him to come from the bathroom. Giggling uncontrollably with a well-planned plan, he came tearing into the bedroom and dove headfirst into his bed. He thought it was way funnier than it was.
4 comments:
oh goodness, that made me laugh until I cried! glad there weren't any serious injuries!
Love that story... Grandma
EVAN! You're supposed to LEARN from your ouchies! Good grief. So much for bedtime lecturing. I love that he was jumping face first into his bed WHILE you were lecturing. Wow, that sounds familiar.
hey! i thought you said you weren't gonna name names!! :) ha ha, just kidding. this post cracked me up! when you started saying you don't know anyone else who does things like dive into bed, i was a little surprised you had "forgotten" our "incident." :)
ahh...a kid after my own heart. ;)
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