Bits of this and that from the weekend

THE GOOD: Sunday we went to a state park with 5 or 6 other families for a picnic. The weather was fantastic and the kids all had a blast playing.

THE BAD: All the kids were down by a lake playing and having a good time. Spirit and another kid decided to throw a large log (not a stick or a twig, but a rather good sized log) into the water. As they went to toss it, another child turned and the  log hit him in the head. This was just before we were planning to leave so both boys apologized to the kid and we all made sure he had calmed down and appeared ok. WELL, turns out he wasn't ok. He spent the night in the hospital. He has a concussion. Has missed school. Has to go back to the doctor next week for a follow-up. We have talked with Spirit and he cried. He said  he never meant to hurt anyone. I know  he didn't mean to but the fact is it happened and he needs to learn from it. We are going to have him put together a get well basket and card for the boy and take it to him tonight. We also had Spirit pray for the boy and ask God to heal the boy and to ask God to forgive him as well. When I went to tell Spirit good night last night he was crying and said that he has heard that if someone gets too many concussions they can get a disease that makes them kill themselves. We talked about that for a bit and he seemed better but then this morning he told me he cried himself to sleep.

THE FUNNY: After we left the picnic we needed some gas in the car so we were joking that we hoped to find a gas station before we ran out and got stranded. Lady Bug pipes up from the back seat "right, and then we get stranded and mom ends up pregnant!"........ *sound of crickets chirp chirp* What in the world? Where did she get that? sure, so the car breaks down and Mr. Man and I decide it's time to get busy??? Ohhhh that girl kills me sometimes!