The First Of Many
So, last night we were at a pool part at a friends and Blue decided to take their electric scooter for a spin. Typically when we are there the kids run around and play with stuff, and the parents hang out near the pool to make sure nobody is drowning.
We knew Blue was playing with friends and saw him at the top of the driveway on a scooter. It’s a kid sized one, but electric and fast none the less. All of the sudden we see him decide to bomb down the driveway with the look on his face as if he hadn’t quite thought it through. Speed wobbles followed, along with a slight look of panic. I watched as he dodged the rock bench and the fire pit wondering where he was planning on going. Kristin and I were on the other side of the pool without much chance of stopping anything. Managing to make it past the fire pit, the next obstacle ahead was the diving rock on the side of the pool. Blue managed to miss that at the last second, and tried to bail just before scraping is leg pretty bad and rolling into the pool. Scooter and all.
Blue can’t swim all that well but once in the water was scooped up by a watching parent as Kristin somehow managed to grow wings and fly to that side of the pool. Blue came out breathing heavy, and a little in shock. I picked him up and carried him over to a chair and as I was carrying him, with his head on my shoulder, he said, “That was a little fun and a little scary.” That’s pretty much the point right?
I feel bad about the scooter that was fished out from the bottom of the pool and hopefully it’s running fine today. Blue is his normal self, just covered in bandages and a hair slower. With three boys this stuff is bound to happen, and I’m sure this was the first of many. Pray for Kristin.
Now that’s what I call a killer dismount.
I love Blue’s comment on the whole thing. Pretty much sums up the little boy mentality. My (almost) 5-year-old nephew is pretty much the same way. =)
Ouch.. that smarts.
Definitely won’t be the last time that happens.. hhaha
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I was over with Brody and Kristen on the other side of the pool and we saw him come down the hill with that look on his face. “I think I can do this, but I’m just not sure”.
His instincts kicked in and he went for the pool. It’s crazy what you can do when you’ve got some adrenaline pumping. It was pretty awesome to watch.
You can pretty much be sure the scooter is not going to work any more. But the kids breathing that’s the good part.
ha! randy. “it was pretty awesome to watch.” that made me laugh.
randy says “it was pretty awesome to watch”
hehe…THATS Awesome!
glad he’s ok brody!
Yikes…
so, when you put the photo up on the side of your page, first, we thought it was awesome, then i was glad we are having a girl, and then we tried to figure out what happened. kyle had the awesome idea of comparing it to his scars from falling off a scooter in hawaii and found that they were the same… we assumed it was a bike not a scooter, but now kyle and blue have remarkably similar scars from the same thing… cool
colette
Glad he’s fine and ok. I would say that is the point.
My wife says she wants 3 boys. I’m not sure she understands what she’s asking for.
Especially with me as the father.