The fun never ends at the Parker household…the latest catastrophe involves (you guessed it!) Joshua. So here I am about to take Isaiah to cub scouts and Andrea says “I’ll go with you since mom and dad are in town”. (good time for mommy to get one-on-one time with Isaiah) We proceed to gather stuff together for the scout meeting and take off. I kiss Joshua goodbye and tell him to be good for his nana. “I will daddy” was his response. Fast-forward thirty minutes…we are in the middle of making a foam safety traffic cone for the kids to take home, since we are learning about bike safety, and my phone starts ringing. Andrea answers it and the next thing I know, we are making a mad dash out the door, with Isaiah in tow, to the van. When we pull into the driveway her mom comes out and tells us what happened. We had an inflatable bed in the front room for them to sleep on and he was jumping back and forth from that to the couch. Upon landing on the couch (on his knees) he failed to notice the hidden toothpick embedded in the couch cushion. Quite obviously, and much to his dismay, the toothpick had now imbedded itself about an inch deep into his leg and was protruding the rest of the way out. (for a picture go to my myspace page…not for the squeamish)

So, off to the hospital we go. By the way, the Cape Fear Pediatric ER did a fine job. Joshua especially enjoyed his popsicle after they pulled the toothpick out. All he could say when it was over was “I won’t never do dat again daddy”…I hope not buddy. Nine-thirty that night we get home. whoa, what a day!

Catch you on the flip side,

Lyle