Monster Truck: The Good and the Bad

This past weekend, Tom and I were out playing with just Larson and we decided that it was time to up the speed on the Monster Truck. It did go 2 1/2 MPH and we took out this screw that allows it to go 5MPH. Larson was having a blast. It really does go pretty fast for a kids toy. We were laughing and got out the video camera. OK Larson now you have to be really careful!

That was going to be the post, however, since then there is a 2nd part to it. On Wednesday after school I was up helping Jackson get some after school items taken care of and Larson was out playing. That is normal for him to be out there by himself, the problem is when other kids start coming over and then they are not supervised. We heard major screaming and found Larson on his back. I guess another kid was driving the truck (of course I have the rule no one can drive it without a parent around but you know how that goes) and not sure how but Larson ended up coming out of it straight on the back of his head to the concrete. Of course he was hurting and bleeding a little from where the tiny pebbles from our driveway got his head. He had a golf ball bump but we knew he was OK with all the crying going on. My neighbor Nikki came to help and we just did the normal ice and Tylenol for the pain. He was doing OK and then he started to vomit and his pediatrician sent us right to the ER. I wonder if there is some kind of frequent flyer program that they have for discounts. The Roberts family would like to get signed up! So here was Mom and Larson at the hospital again. He was a champ, did exactly what the Dr's. asked and he laid completely still for the Cat Scan. A concussion for Larson but the scan came back great. They said he was as cute on the inside of his brain as he was on the outside! We spent the night with 2 hour wake up periods and this was a picture of one of them. Have you ever seen Larson so sad in his entire life? The most pitiful picture I have seen. I haven't combed his hair since because it is really sore back there. Before we left for the hospital, I was making a pancake dinner. Larson did not get his, so that is all that he talked about-to the Dr's , me and finally the next afternoon he got his pancakes!