A long day

December 17th brought the much anticipated "showtime" for Cadence as she and her preschool class had a special Christmas presentation.  Here she is excited as she exited the car for the show:

 Oma and Ompa joined us there and Ompa recorded the singing:

 Brother was into the singing and did his best to sing along:

 The grand finale was a visit from Santa himself:

 And of course candy canes:

Unfortunately right after this moment Cadence decided to make a run for some cookies, and saw the quickest path would be sliding between a row of chairs and a rather pear-shaped woman.  The woman however did not realize Cadence's plan and turned, hip-checking Cadence straight into the corner of the chair, and she finally landed with a thud on the tile floor.  The result was a gashed eyebrow and busted lip.

 After cleaning her up at the school I told her it was time to go home.  Through sniffles she stated, "but mom, I still want a cookie!".   After getting home I started getting a migraine so I laid down while the kids watched a movie, only to finally realize I should check out Cadence's eyebrow again.  A closer look at home revealed a good sized gash, so I herded the kids to the car as quickly as I could and got her to their clinic just before closing.  A quick look by the doctor confirmed that she would need to visit the hospital for a better exam and stitches.  I left Sani with Eric and then began the drive to Fresno, but stopped at the McD's drive through first for a Happy Meal.  Cadence did quite well waiting at the hospital for her turn, it's amazing what a couple books, some markers and coloring sheets will accomplish!  

 Because of her age, the doctor recommended we use the "papoose" to help Cadence while he cleaned the wound and sewed it up.  The papoose is a contraption she laid on then was wrapped up in it with strong velcro to hold her still.  The nurse and I helped her keep her head straight.  She whimpered throughout the procedure, but was as good as new just a few minutes after, and it didn't hurt that she got a juice box and some stickers from the nurse!

She needed 6 stitches, which came out on the 23rd.  She's healing quite nicely....and hopefully we won't have to go through again.  One set of stitches in 4 years is not too bad, but still one set too many!