I am sad we are not with her this year but know she is very well taken care of in the hands of other parents on the team. I really wanted to go but would have had to wean Xander and since he is not even a year old yet neither of us were ready for that. I think Sam is secretly THRILLED to be out of the clutches of her parents for a while.
At any rate, do be sure to check out what is happening with the team this week by clicking on the OM logo to the right.
Go Sam Go!!!
I am so behind in posting our comings and goings on here it is not even funny. Speaking of Odyssey of the Mind reminds me I have yet to tell the story of how Lizzie came to be the first of our kids to get stitches (sigh.) We were down in Newport News for the State competition. After a long day of competition, everyone was at our hotel for some down time before heading back for the Awards Ceremony. Our room was right up the hall from the lobby and the everyone was in/out and about the area. Fearing Lizzie might get her fingers slammed in the door, I put the little stopper thingy they have near the top of the door out so it couldn't close all the way, thus solving two problems: Lizzie's fingers and the constant request for the key to get into the room. Apparently my plan backfired. I was sitting in the lobby chatting with other parents when Billy came running out holding Lizzie's hand and covering her mouth and beckoned me to come with him quickly. Running to the room I realized he was holding her mouth because she was SCREAMING and her hand was covered in blood ack! One look at her thumb and we knew we would have to take her to the hospital for stitches right away. It was cut all the way through the skin and partway through the muscle all the way across her wee thumb.
I strapped Xander into his carseat, dashed to the desk to get directions to the hospital, made arrangements for the other parents (bless their hearts) to take care of our older kids and we were off. Here's Billy and Lizzie in the waiting room. It was hard for her to wait but she was a very brave little 2 year old.
As we waited for Lizzie's turn, we discussed what to do as the Awards ceremony was coming up. We agreed the best course of action was for me to leave Billy and Lizzie and go to the Awards Ceremony and then come back and get them. Broke my heart to leave my little girl there but I knew she was in the best of care with her Daddy. I really wanted to be there to support Samantha and her team as well. Following the awards ceremony I hunted down the girls and we headed back to the hotel, still waiting for Lizzie to be done at the hospital. We headed out to dinner with the rest of the team and of course at that very moment got the msg Lizzie was stitched up, everything looked good and she was and ready to leave. Once we got them and joined the team at the restaurant it was very late. We were pretty tired but running on the adrenaline of another state win for Sam's team (yeah!). Everyone cheered for Lizzie when we came in and she had fun showing everyone her wee little hand and her x-ray.. cutest little x-ray I have ever seen.
When we got back to the room we puzzled how she cut her thumb like that. With the door stopper in the door, it was impossible for her to have squished her thumb in it ... we finally figured she must have put her hand in hinged side of the door while it was open and then it shut on her poor thumb.Lizzie was a trooper through it all. She was a bit traumatized for a few weeks following but finally seems to have bounced back. Hopefully she has learned never to stick her thumb in a door again.
