Harmful to Young Children

First of all, I will tell you that Zack can scale monkey bars without blinking. He can shimmy up the poles and get to the highest bars without assistance. He can even skip two bars at a time with his little arms. He is a little monkey.

Now I'll tell you that Sophia likes to try to do exactly what her brother does. For days Sophia has been telling me that she can do the monkey bars. She said she does them at school everyday. I just told her that was cool and assumed she had someone holding her up. Today, I found out that I was wrong.

Her class took a trip to the park at 9AM and by 10AM, the preschool director sneaked into our awards ceremony to tell me that Sophia had fallen off of the monkey bars and that her arm was hurt and on ice. Within 30 minutes she got Sophia to me, and I could tell that she was in a lot of pain. She was calm, tired from crying, and wanted to "go get shots" to make it better.

Anyhow, we ended up at urgent care where she had xrays. The doctor said he did not see any breaks and couldn't find any obscure fractures; however, her arm was still very swollen and bruised. The damage is on her right arm above her elbow area. You know the back of your arm where it kills if someone pinches you. They sent me home to ice it and keep her on Advil.

HOWEVER, I suspect we'll be back at urgent care for more xrays. She is still in a ton of pain, and can't use her arm. She wouldn't play at the park even with a bucket and wood chips. She wouldn't kick her ball around. She just wants to lay on me and "cuddle". Her arm is still swollen and she can't bend or lift it.

So, I unfortunately missed Zack's kindergarten graduation. I was so bummed, but I had to do what every other single mom must do - exactly what must be done at the moment. I was pleased as I figured it all out pretty smoothly and even finished up all of the paperwork for the claim against the school's insurance. We were in the urgent care room from 11 - 3!!!! She was exhausted.

Sophia was miss outgoing as usual. She talked to everyone at the doctor's office, and when the doc came in she said, "I really like your tie"!!!! She is a little flirt! Then she told him that his tie had a pattern. It was a little embarrassing when she began to unbutton his coat with her good arm! She wanted to make sure she could show him the pattern on his entire tie! He said, "You are my best patient of the day."

Good grief! I wish I had her skills!

Fortunately for me, I have made a few friends with fellow moms at the school so Zack got to attend his graduation and had a ride to the big graduation blast afterwards. She took pictures for me so when I get them, I'll post them on the blog. His teacher put together a dvd of the entire year, and it was fun to watch. I'm not sure I'll be back at the school next year, but I totally wish my kids could be there. They have benefited greatly and learned SO MUCH!

Krista: Sophia's shirt is from Nordstrom Rack. I love their clothes because they are quality but at half the price. It's hit or miss, but that top was only $9.97 and washes up very well!