02 Jan, 2010
After the fall and a New Year’s recap
Posted by andrea tomkins in: - Ottawa for kids|Easy ways to make kids happy|Misc. life|Ottawa
A quick follow up to the last time I posted…
On December 31st I took Sarah to the emergency dentist (there’s apparently always one on call somewhere in the city). He took some x-rays and took a long look at her bruised gums. It looks like won’t lose any teeth or need a root canal. Thank god. Sarah can’t even deal with REGULAR dental appointments. I can’t imagine how she’d cope with a root canal.
The inside of her lip looked pretty bad. It’s still swollen and is scabbing over. Mark and I suggested she tell kids that she was in a fight. She didn’t like the idea of lying. (Sheesh. “It’s not lying! It’s just having fun! You can tell them the truth later!”) So we suggested she say that she got into a fight with the ICE and the ice won, because that’s not lying.
The accident didn’t happen going down on her sled or at the bottom of the hill. She did a faceplant while walking up the hill. Her feet slipped from under her. A helmet wouldn’t have helped (unless it was one with a face and mouth guard).
Sidebar: lessons learned include (1) walk up the non-icy side of the hill with ARMS OUTSTRETCHED and (2) memorize mummy’s cell phone number.
She bled all over her snowsuit, which was close to being too small anyway. I threw the coat and pants into the wash, and I think something snagged on the pants. When I removed it from the dryer they had torn open … too much be salvaged.
Fortunately, after the visit to the dentist we went to West End Kids to check out their snowsuits and snagged a great sale. I got 50% off a pair of grey Columbia pants and 40% off a gorgeous black North Face coat for Sarah. (Her favourite things about the coat are the faux-fur trim around the hood and a belt.)
We needed to get a snowsuit that day because we were making our annual New Year’s pilgrimage to Alight at Night at Upper Canada Village. We did it all. We rode the horse-drawn wagon, the girls rode the toy train, we saw the gingerbread house and the light show. At some point we realized that Sarah’s snowsuit is the blackest of black. Oy, is she ever hard to see in the dark now. I am mildly worried that she’s turned into the invisible pedestrian, and am seriously thinking of adding some kind of reflective strips, like a removable armband or two.
Alight at Night was prettier than ever. This was the first year I didn’t bring my camera. I only had my iPhone.
Sarah brought her camera. She was pretty excited to have it and to be able to take photos whenever she wants. Here are a few of her photos (she was particularly entranced with the “fireworks” setting on her Coolpix):
We got back from Upper Canada Village around 11:00 p.m. The road conditions were pretty bad – cars in the ditch and all of that. We had just enough time to cook up some coconut shrimp, watch the Grinch, and ring in the New Year. We were all groggy and tired, especially Emma, who, unbeknownst to me would be throwing up at 3:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. She is better, but still in recovery. I am crossing my fingers that I’m not the next one to get sick. Gah!
Anyway, I hope everyone out there had a peaceful and barf-free New Year. Here’s to good health in 2010!
