Poor Maddux. With Lehr and I in charge of her safety, she has a tough road ahead of her. The bad news is: she's already been dragged along that road. A few weeks back she had a car accident, leaving her face all banged up. Her scabs healed in a week, but the sensitive pink skin underneath is still recouping. Today I took the kids for a hike after breakfast. The weather is so nice and I thought it would be a great day to take some pictures of the two of them. Minutes after we were on the trail (two minutes, to be exact), Maddux fell down for the third or fourth time and landed her forehead on a rock. It wasn't a hard fall, but the rock hit her on her scar, which is still fragile skin, and she now has two more small scabs. Seriously. Who trusted us to leave the hospital with her 16 months ago!?!?The walk down to the trail obviously proved to be a bit steep and rocky for Maddux, so I carried her down to the pond. Once there, however, roots became the next obstacle. There are lots and lots of huge tree roots protruding from the ground and until very recently, they have been a problem even for Eli. Speaking of Eli, all he wanted to do was 'run wiff my sis-ser'....but she was so tired of falling that she moved at a cautious snail pace (very unlike Maddux).
After about an hour of walking around the pond, fishing with a stick found by Eli, throwing rocks in the pond, and falling several more times, we loaded back into the car and drove to the church where we met Tyler and his mom for lunch. The boys had a great time playing baseball. The first 10-15 minutes found them sharing and playing without any need for adult intervention. WOW! Maddux and the boys ate lunch and played a little more before we returned home for well-deserved naps.
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