A couple of nights ago Ev had just gotten out of the tub. He typically takes a while drying off. I think he enjoys standing in the warm humidity - especially when the heater is on and blowing additional warm air into the room. This particular evening he quietly opened the door and snuck into my office behind me. He had his hand over his chin, and he proceeded to tell me that he'd burned his hidden chin on a lightbulb.I'm not posting this photo so that you can see how blah the boy's bathroom is (although please note how clean the counter was today), how the lightbulbs don't match, how the towel isn't the right color - at least they've got a towel in there!, how the star towel hangers have scratched paint off the wall or how some vinyl lettering also removed paint above said hangers. I'm married to a painter, folks, all of that really is an easy fix. Oh - and the vinyl lettering was really cute - it used to say "Boys don't bathe, they dust off". My boys are getting a bit big and stanky for that kind of saying. They really do need to bathe.
Anyway - Evan - Poor kid. Scorched the top layer of skin right off - it kind of looked like a rug burn. Two questions:
- Just how did that chin touch a lightbulb? AND
- What was he doing with his chin at that elevation anyway?
I was working on our taxes, and Evan was sitting on the floor wrapped in a blanket. A while later he said, "Mom, if I was a girl, this is the kind of picture I'd draw." Because girls, chainsaws, and flowers have so much in common?!In case you're wondering - he is the one who chopped it up with a paper cutter - not me... He said he was making a puzzle for G.
Finally - Evan has a difficult time sitting still during Sacrament Meeting. Last week was not a good one for the boy, and Jon and I were a little anxious about what this week was going to be like. I'm the first one into the chapel because the guys are all tied up in primary. Evan joins me before anyone else, grabs my face in his hands, gives me a kiss on each cheek, looks me directly in the eye and says, "Mom, I'm really sorry if I end up being bad today."
That is fabulous! I love the preemptive appology. So funny!
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My husband's much younger cousin busted his chin open when he passed out in the school bathroom. After taking him in for stitches, his dad asked the doctor about J passing out (he was rather concerned as J was only like 10 or 11 at the time). Eventually it came out that J & his buddies were holding their breath & watching themselves in the mirror to see if they would really turn blue. J held his so long, he blacked out & hit the sink on the way to the floor.
Boys!
Hey when are we going to have lunch?????
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