Around 4:30pm on Friday Emma got a call to say that James had fallen over in a nearby park. She could hear him screaming on the phone so jumped in the car and headed to see what was wrong - half expecting to find a minor scratch/bump and nothing more.
Well she arrived at North Harbour Reserve to see a pool of blood, lots of worried mums trying to stem the bleeding from James head and an ambulance arriving. Poor James - had been swinging from some bars in the playground and missed his last "grab" - landing head first onto the ground.
A long trip to Mona Vale Hospital, 4 hours in the ward and 4 stitches later he was asking for a Double Quarter Pounder from McDonalds. So other than a cracking scar - he seems to be fine.
It was a great wound - Olivia watched as the Doctor stitched him up, saying helpful things like "Is that his brain I can see?".....it was in fact his skull - that is how deep and wide the damage was.
After that fun start, Saturday had a lot to live up to.
I am glad to say there were no injuries at either Netball (Olivia - big loss) or Soccer (Me - lost 1-4).
Olivia only has one game left in this netball season....she missed most of the season when we were travelling but still she seems to have enjoyed it. She even came out with me in the afternoon for some extra practise.
Today was a the 50th Annual NSW Junior Band Festival. We set of to the University of New South Wales at 7:45am to watch James perform in his first major concert. While we were overseas his band had won a competition, so expectations were high this morning.
The Band played really well - the piece you can hear on this link to YouTube is Beethoven's 9th......James is sitting on the left, at the back. Out of 15 bands, there were 3 gold medals awarded - one of which was for James and his Balgowlah Heights Junior Band - so everyone was happy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOTRmMuW6FA
It was a great day today - blue sky, 20 degrees, no wind. A cracking Winters day. We headed to Centennial Park after the Band Festival and enjoyed a relaxing picnic in the park. Jack had fun.
Jack is loving his fruit at the moment. Today he got through 2 pears and a mandarin. I hate to think what his nappy will be like in the morning. He is getting more and more animated these days. He loves clapping and waving and will grab & throw anything he gets his hands on. Crawling cannot be far off.....so we need to start making our living room a little safer for him.
So a cracking weekend. James is fine but will have a good scar to show for his Friday afternoon play in the park.
Ken
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