We missed church today and spent the morning in the ER instead. Mason was playing in Braden's room and must've caught the corner of one of his brother's toys. Two hours and three stitches later, everything's fine. This is our third ER experience and I'm guessing it won't be our last. Fortunately for Mason his Daddy is a Rock, Braden and I spent most of the visit comforting each other, and neither of us could be in the exam room when he got the stitches. As we were walking out, they were strapping him to a board. Blake held his hand and talked to him while the two nurses and ER doc put the stitches in.
You can see the big bandage over the stitches, this was back at home and having lunch, so none of this deterred his appetite. Braden is very curious about seeing them, but also a little nervous. The ER doc was great! Her son is in one of the other Kindergarten classes at Braden's school and she has two more girls at home. One of them is very close to Mason's age, so I knew she was very sympathetic. They also live in our neighborhood so we meet while walking to and from school. In situations like the ER it's amazing how comforting a familiar face can be.
Our good friend Ethan stopped by today, just long enough to hit the costume drawer. No super heroes today, it was all about Rock Stars! Braden is wearing sunglasses over a mask he painted at summer camp, and his King Arthur crown & cape. Ethan is sporting the Michael Jackson fedora and a Batman disc shooter on his arm.
Braden is such a great Big Brother. He is so good about letting Mason play along with whatever he is doing, including working on his never-ending set of train tracks. Santa brought Mason his very own train so that he might leave Braden's alone. So he is (usually) content to let Braden build his masterpiece and then put his train on it.
Elmo's eyes must be pretty tasty! Blake got a little nostalgic and had ordered the first DVD Braden ever fell in love with and insisted we watch 1,000 times. . .Sesame Street Kids Favorite Songs 2. We sat there watching it with Mason and could recite every scene! Braden actually watched it so many times that it got stuck in our old DVD player and we had to buy a new one!
This was Thursday morning, while brushing his teeth before his trip to the ER for the removal.
The TV. This is after bath and just before bed. Mason is chillin' in a mini comfy chair while watching one of Braden's favorite movies, Shark Tale. The other red chair was for their favorite bear.
