Sport of choice and Apple Pie

This is my 'sport of choice.' I love to go out swimming/snorkeling with my family. This giant turtle has been really cool. It gives the kids a platform of sorts in deeper water, and yet it is totally Husband/Dad propelled (Mum's taking pictures). Good fun.

Munchkin #2 has had a bit of a week. I took her to her sport of choice yesterday and dropped her off. It's two hours long, and I needed groceries. Munchkin #1 and I proceeded to a 'new to us grocery store'. Well, thanks to the roads with no place to turn left (literally), I got lost a bit and had to go miles out of my way to get back to Munchkin #2 to pick her up. I was really worried (I had two+ nasty traffic circles to navigate). I phoned the husband, and he was rushing to beat me there to get her just in case traffic got worse. Well, I made it (about 5 minutes late - boy did I feel bad!). And there sits Munchkin #2 with a huge ice pack on her foot! The coach thought that when she bent her toes backward the wrong way (ouch!!!), that the foot was just 'sprained' but might have been broken. Poor munchkin!!!! (Mum now feels even worse!) The foot was really swollen....but ice and some seriously good muscle cream, and she seemed to be ok. She went to school and was just fine today!

Then.....this afternoon....I go to pick her up from school at her classroom. Her teacher informs me that there was an 'incident' on the playground and Munchkin #2 is at the nurse. Upon arriving at the nurses' office, there sits Munchkin #2 in tears with ice on her arm. A boy, evidently, REALLY twisted it (Munchkin #2 was trying to get the boy to stop picking on her friend). Again, we hear "it's probably just a sprain but could be fractured." Lots of ice and Mum's miracle muscle cream, and she seems to be ok. I'm SO very glad not to have had broken bones.

And, to take a few steps back....when Munchkin #2 was walking from the playground to the nurses' office, Munchkin #1 saw her. He walked her there, waited for a report from the nurse, then went to tell Munchkin #2's teacher right away what was going on, so that she could then inform me as soon as possible! What an awesome kid and big brother!!!!

So...after all these injuries, I am told by Munchkin #1 that I need to bake an apple pie for a special event for his Health Class at school. Now....the lovely calming smell of apple pie is wafting through the house. Sigh......

Hope your day is filled with good smells and no injuries.

Peace.