We had the pleasure of going down to Anacortes for the July 4th celebrations this year and have to admit, those Americans know how to put on a fireworks show! We got great seats right infront of the firework pit and the kids had an absolute blast. Our real adventure began though, on our way back home.
We took the Anacortes/Sidney ferry home this time and had a relitivly low key sail. We got to see a pod of Orca's which was very kewl. The kids had never seen them before in the wild and we watched quite a large pack with a couple babies do tricks and swim quite close to the ferry. After we docked and the captian said we could return to our vehicles we proceeded to pick up our stuff and begin our treck below decks. Well, we didn't make it 50 paces before Noe' tripped over his own feet and "SMACK" hit the floor. In the mind boggling way that only mom's can, i had him up and kleenex smacked onto his split lip in seconds waiting for the bleeding to stop so we could continue our flight down to the stairs. When Patrick and the other two kids reached me he asked what happened, I said his DS (which he had been carring hit him when he tripped and just split his lip and pulled the tissue away to show him....
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well... lol... no sooner did i pull away the tissue that blood starting dripping in large drops on the floor and i see that it's not only his lip that's bleeding, but his DS actually filletted his chin right open and i can literally see his bone!!! Patrick's face goes sheen and white and i yell at him to sit before he faints, then Emilie from behind me taps me on the shoulder and says "mommy, i don't feel very good" She too is in LITERAL shock!!! white face, sweats, shakes, and nausea! Then there's just lil' old injured Noe' standing there, trying not to cry or move, not at ALL realizing what he's gone and done to himself.
So, we get off the boat, and still have to go through customs, but we make it to Vic General in one piece and better yet, no leaky blood or puek lol.
Noe' sat through freezing and 8 stitches without complaining once, and was only a little sad that they didn't have a spider-man band-aid instead of Charlie Brown =)
Made for one memorable ferry ride i tell ya, and may i just say he healed fabulously, and to this day, i cannot believe how calm and cool he was from the very first moment of injury. He acted the VERY big boy that day
Oooh, ouch. It seems as though most little boys have a scar under their chin in that very spot. Hope it heals quickly.
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