Unicorns, curling and butterfly bandages

Sorry it's been quiet here...keeping busy, mostly with getting into our school year routine (which I'll update about soon). Aside from school stuff, here are three quick stories of other things going on here:

1. Micah recently decided he needed new pajamas (having previously mostly just slept in his clothes). I took him to look at choices. This is what he picked:

(Yes, I got his permission to post this.) Yup, it's a pink unicorn. He's named the pajamas "Sparkles" and loves them. He had it narrowed down to this or a Chewbacca pajama...this one won on account of how soft and comfy it is. :)  He may use this as his Halloween costume this year also...money well spent!

2. Last weekend, there was a curling tournament here in Fort Collins (through the recreations department I think). Nathan, Micah and I went and were spectators for a bit:

It's not the most exciting thing to watch but we enjoyed it, having learned the basics from watching the Olympics and then during the curling class we took a couple years ago.

3. Yesterday at gymnastics Asher had a wee mishap. I'd walked from there over to Whole Foods to grab a few things (about a 10 minute walk). I was still shopping when I got a call from the gymnastics instructor that went something like this:

Him: "Asher's gashed his eye a bit. It looks like maybe it might need a stitch or two."
Me: (after thinking about how I couldn't get back immediately anyhow) "Is he okay?"
Him: (with a chuckle and sounding somewhat surprised) "He seems fine."
Me: "Okay. Well, if he doesn't seem to want me right now and it doesn't require immediate attention, I'll be back in about 30 minutes."

So, I proceeded to finish my shopping and walk back. There was still class for another 15 minutes or so when I got there, and Asher was participating and looking like he was having a great time. (They'd bandaged him up a bit.) I waited...and had more than one mom come up to tell me that Asher had hurt himself and that they hoped he was okay. At the end of class, he was more concerned about the blood all over his shirt than about his eye. (Head wounds bleed a lot. I know this from experience, with Asher.) I talked with the instructor, who was amazed by Asher's pain tolerance and my easy attitude about the situation, then washed Asher up a bit more, added some ointment and stuck a new bandaid on him from the stash I perpetually keep in my purse. Yeah. This isn't something new for me at all, lol. 

Once home, we had him shower and clean up again (there was dried blood in other places) then rebandaged him again...this time with the butterfly bandages that I normally have in my purse (and have since replenished my supply of). (And, while we were at it, I rebandaged the big scrape on his knee from last week's trampoline park outing with his demo team friends...that one's still healing. I go through a lot of bandaids.)

Then we went to karate; and, by the end, he had blood dripping down his face again. (But I don't think he minded the attention from all the girls who gasped at his bandaging and asked him what happened when he walked in, lol.) Again, shower and butterfly bandaging. We debated but decided if he could just not be overly active for a bit it would probably not open up again...so chose not to take him to get stitches or anything.

Today, he seems fine:

(He takes his glasses off during gymnastics and karate, fyi.) He may have to skip karate tomorrow (it's a sparring class), but here's hoping the gash stays closed!

(In case you're wondering, the gash was caused by one of the rings...that collided with Asher's face while he was doing a handstand in them. Yeah, I can't picture it either. That's what he and his instructor told me. I'm just grateful it wasn't any bigger and wasn't any closer to his eyeball. Also, the swelling has gone down a good bit and it didn't bruise up like I worried it might.)

So. That's some of what's been going on here. I have a list of other things to update about and will get to them soon. Hope your September is going well!!

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[Nancy]

Way to go, Asher! Take care of that face. It's the only one you'll get. Gramma Christine