The kids were jumping on the trampoline over at my friend Tyson's house this afternoon while I installed a new lower radiator hose on the trusty(?) Metro which we had parked there on Friday after I found a pinhole leak that has been causing us some major overheating woes. Suddenly Sterling started wailing like a stuck pig. Of course, he does this more frequently than we would prefer and has created his own little "sky is falling" situation so we merely yelled up to him that he needed to stop it forthwith. Usually, the wailing is a result of a group of children excluding him from their play or hurting his feelings or something. This time, had we only known, we would have gotten up there sooner.
I buttoned up the metro (the whole repair was accomplished in less than 30 minutes and he started screaming towards the very end) and walked up to the house to find that Sterling was under ice and when the ice was pulled back, his eye was almost completely swollen shut. Apparently he and Winter collided on the trampoline and he came off with the short end of the stick. Here's the result after an hour or so of ice. Notice how happy Sterling is. He was tough (after the initial wailing) but he certainly didn't want anyone thinking that he was pleased with the situation.
We have way too many pictures of Sterling with an overly swollen eye (usually from wasps.) If we keep up this rate, we are going to be able to compile a complete photo album of images of Sterling at all different ages with a swollen eye.
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Boys. Sheesh.
Poor Sterling. I am going to picture him here earlier in the day with a smile instead of the bump!
I just found the music. Charlie Pride is one of my favorites and Dad's, too. I hope your appreciation of this tune is a tribute to Jessica. She deserves it!
I agree--WAY too many picture of Sterling's poor mangled face! Poor guy! Although, our children spend their share of time looking like victims of some kind of illegal wrestling ring...which may not be an entirely inaccruate way of describing our family. Haley does the same thing where she whines over nothing and then doesn't ask for the TLC she needs when something serious happens.
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