A Series of Unfortunate Events

You know how sometimes things happen and you think "Wow! That was unfortunate."?


...

Long before the new "swimsuits" arrived, (back in the early weeks of Max's life) We had a true moment of new motherhood excitement when Cooper, at his mother's request, was extra helpful in heating up some meatloaf for breakfast for Landon.
We go full out in our family and so a 30 second microwaved meatloaf turned into a 30 minute microwaved meatloaf...

Wow! That was unfortunate.

This event ended in an immediate evacuation of the premises
(in our nearly nakeds, it was before noon...)
a delightfully toxic toasty smell, and a spanking new microwave.
Oh, and a lesson on the correct cooking time for microwaved meatloaf.

First Sunday back in church as a Bishopric widow with a new baby went swimmingly. In hind site, I probably shouldn't have bribed the children with lifesavers for good behavior. Seeing that Landon tried to swallow his lifesaver and I had to rush him out of the chapel so he could throw up in the hall... well I should have seen it coming.

Wow... That was unfortunate.

So, Landon got to show off the pecks he's been working
on and we re-entered the chapel Matthew McConaughey style
(that means shirtless for those of you not down with the Hollywood scene.
And by we I need to clarify that Landon was the only shirtless one.)

The middle of last week Cooper took a spill into the coffee table and was rewarded with a goose egg on his forehead. An injury that pales in comparison when later that same day he took a flying dive into the springs on the trampoline. Bruised up his nose and sliced his upper eyelid clean open. (And you know how head wounds bleed.)

Yep, that too was unfortunate.

Thank heavens for a level headed father,
who may or may not have been accused
of being too level headed and uncaring,
(Mom might have freaked out just a tad more than he did)
and a butterfly bandage borrowed from the neighbors.

The end of last week, father and son made a late night trip up to the ER so the nurses could extract a small ball that wedged into the very most inner parts of a frightened little boys ear when, as he explained, "Kami dropped it onto Landon's bed, Landon stuck it on my bed, and then I rolled over and it got stuck in my ear" Way to go suction cup ears!

That's amazing!...and unfortunate.

It came out all right
and Cooper has learned the valuable lesson
of not sticking small objects in over sized ears.
Or "accidentally rolling over small things..."
Those ears of his have a disobedient
mind of their own.

And finally yesterday, I had the pleasure of finding our outside freezer door ajar, as it had been for who knows how long: one hour, two, maybe days... it's all relative.

I'm sure you can fill in the blank...
but just in case, let me just say it. After all, I've earned it:

WOW! a little unfortunate, don't you think?

Luckily my house keeping skills are still super top notch
and so my neglect in freezer organization
actually worked in my favor,
and only the popsicles and ice cream were harmed
in the making of this blog post.
(mostly...)

And that, my blog friends, is what we like to call:
a series of unfortunate events.
(great movie BTW... I'm not cultured enough to have read the books however.)


*I would be remiss to not mention the obvious bucket load of blessings that took place amongst this all. The fact that everything resulted in nothing more than something to look back and laugh at is amazing seeing as how we escaped some pretty serious peril and injury.
We have actually felt far more fortunate then unfortunate amidst it all. So really, this is more a list of highly fortunate events.

And, can I just say, that any boy
who manages to live past 4,
despite all his attempts to harm himself,
is a miracle in and of himself.