Call Day #90, 10/17/14

We spent the morning at a Colonial Days event. They had toys like those of the period. Claire gravitated toward the dolls (of course!).

We toured the old house on the property and heard about their hard work to keep enough food on hand.

Oliver didn't like listening to the talk in the house and hung out on the back porch. He became the center of attention for the high school kids.

Even high-fiving them!

Claire found a stump to sit on and wanted a silly picture.

We watched cider being made from apples.

A demonstration of how to fire a canon.

Watched a musket be loaded and fired.

Saw the blacksmith at work.

Then had our picnic lunch. Oliver is quite happy with a juicebox of any sort.

The girls wanted to climb the nearby rock.

We bought some candy sticks at the gift shop.

 It was a nice day and I lay on our picnic blanket while the girls ran around. Soon, I had this guy sitting on me.

Up close.

After rest time at home the girls watched a video. While I was making dinner, I heard a loud thump from the living room and a real cry. Claire was bleeding a lot and had a gash above her eye. By the time I stopped the bleeding, I found what Oliver had been up to--cereal on the floor and a pile on the high chair.

We visited Daddy at work who confirmed the need for stitches.

Thinking about when/where to get stitches.

After asking a neighbor to watch the girls for a few minutes and having a friend from shepherding group take Eleanor and Oliver to church (where the four of us would have been going this evening anyway), Claire and I headed to urgent care. Daddy's colleagues were nice enough to send him to join us there. Claire was a champ holding still and getting stitches.

We made it to church in time for the last 5 min of shepherding group. Claire was clearly not slowed down by her injury.

Back at home finishing up the dinner we grabbed on the way to church. When asked what dinner she'd like post-stitches, she picked a cheeseburger and smoothie.