Joseph's First Sword Fight

See the wound on Joseph's forehead?


That's what happens when the 16-year-old boy (shown here getting ready to knead some bread dough. Stay tuned for more on that next week. Also, there is nothing I can do to get him to let me take a face shot of him)...


...helps the 8-year-old boy unpack boxes that have been in storage for a year and a half, and comes across one of these...

This particular toy sword is very cool in that if you do the motion of taking it out of it's sheath, it makes a "SHING" sound, then if you whip it through the air, in a sword-fight motion, it makes a "Ca-SHING" sound. If I was a boy, I'm sure I could spell the sound more convincingly.

To get to my point, the 16-year-old boy was generously helping me by holding a twin in his left arm, which, in and of itself is usually not an unsafe practice. However, he became so excited about encountering his brother's sword, that he began attemping to practice and perfect his pull-out-of-the-sheath technique as he coordinated it to the sound of the sword. Perhaps it was at this time that he forgot the exact position of Joseph's head and smacked him directly between the eyes, as seen above.

Joseph was not happy, but it only took a few seconds of me carrying him around and glaring at Conor to cool him down. Conor felt bad, too, very bad, but we all had to admit that it did make a cool sound upon coming into contact with Joseph's forehead. Sorry little buddy. Hopefully that will be your first and last sword fight!

Incidentally, the photo of Joseph above was taken two days after his injury. I really don't know why he was scowling so. And Hyrum couldn't let him get all of the glory. He wanted to get his picture taken, too...


Either that, or he wanted to eat my camera...


Thanks for being here today. It seems so long since I've posted due to two sick twins, moving into our new home, and keyboard problems! I've missed you all and it's great to see what's going on in your lives even if I'm not able to make comments due to the slowness of typing one-handed as I breastfeed. See you on Homemaker Monday!

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