Saturday, December 10, 2011

Mom to the Rescue

Five days ago I crashed my bike with poor little Charlie on it.  Although I say "poor Charlie," actually the whole thing was his fault.  We were going down a big hill and he was giggling with joy about the wind in his face and the whole experience.  I was turned around smiling back at him and saying, "Woohoo!"  Then I turned my eyes back to the road (where they should have been in the first place) and swerved to avoid a big pile of dry leaves and branches from our recent windstorm.  The bike skidded out, and we crashed.  So my point is that if Charlie hadn't have been such a cute, giggling ball of joy, the whole thing never would have happened.

In all seriousness, I learned my lesson and will be much more cautious in the future.  Not only because I feel like a totally irresponsible parent and bike rider for crashing with my baby on the back, but also because I got five stitches above my eyebrow and lots of painful road rash and I've been a total wimp about the whole thing and don't want to ever go through this again.  Charlie, I'm happy to report, is 100% fine and he was safely ensconced in his bike seat and helmet.  It would have been MUCH worse if something bad had happened to him.  Awful to think about.

Anyway, the point of this post is that my mom kindly offered to take all three kids for three whole days this week.  It's true that the road rash on my hands makes taking care of the kids difficult -- and Tori basically has to take care of me and the three other kids -- but the truth is that we could have managed.  Tori felt guilty about my mom taking all three, but I felt sorry for myself and decided to take her up on her offer.

So thank you, Mom, for juggling all three kids all by yourself (my dad was out of town).  The kids had a great time and are anxious to return.  And Tori and I got to go on two date nights and sleep in!

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