Monday, June 11, 2007

Another gray hair

Jo started preschool just fine. The teacher had to explain to the other kids that the shiny spot under her nose was glue & stitches and not boogers. LOL Of course that didn't last long because she picked off the glue and stitches just 4 days after they were in. (can I have a side of guilt with my guilt platter please?) By that time they can't re-stitch so it looks like we're in for a nasty scar on my beautiful girl. (Can I supersize my guilt platter?)

But the real reason I'm going gray this week is that during naptime yesterday the girls were playing in their room and Jo thought a good game of beat-my-sister-over-the-head-with-maracas would be fun. I walked into, quite literally, a bloody mess. Head wounds bleed. Alot. Clothes, floor, bedding, furniture, hair, toys...just about everything. (I'm sorry but can I just order the whole guilt menu?) We would have made another trip to the emergency room if a friend who just happens to be a pediatrician wasn't already here visiting. So Lili is fine, no stitches required. But the sisters are being separated for a while. Different chairs at the dining table, different rows in the minivan and different bedrooms.

So how long does sibling rivalry last?

3 comments:

Maggie said...

Oh my. The things kids will do. And head wounds do bleed profusely, don't they? I fell on my porch steps a few years back and was sure I had split my head right open. When I got the bleeding to slow enough to see the cut I was taken aback. It was about a quarter inch long -- the wimpiest little, nothing of a cut you've ever seen. In any case, I'm glad the maracas didn't do any serious harm.

Beth said...

Wow. Ouch.

Shea butter helps a lot with scarring. You probably knew that already, though.

Anonymous said...

Sibling rivalry ends? My stepdaugters are at 16 years and counting.