The Best/Worst of Days

Today we hit up a free downtown festival featuring all of our local vendors. This is their second year doing it to help promote local shopping and downtown businesses. We entered some draws, met some people we knew, got free candy, and enjoyed the sun! One of the first places the kids decided to stop was the library booth. They had a huge bucket of bubble mix and these fun bubble wands. I'm sure they would have played here all day if they could have. The bubbles were giant and amazing! I can't wait to try this at home!

 

 

One of the things the children were most looking forward to was getting their faces painted. We stood in line for a very long time in the hot sun, but the result was pretty impressive! Everyone walked away happy. We then made our way down the other street for balloons and popcorn.

Everyone was pretty pooped out after that, so we made our way around the pond for a quick stop at the park. As we walked, Camilla exclaimed, "This is the best day of my entire life! I can't wait to write about it in my journal on Monday." The older two ran ahead to a favorite park and I slowly walked while Finley rubbed sleep from his eyes after a morning nap. 

Shortly after arriving at the park, Camilla came screaming towards us with a mouth full of blood. Her hands, still slippery from the popcorn had caused her to slip off the monkey bars. She smashed her front teeth and told us she was going to die. We had her swish and spit some water to survey the damage. Her front teeth were pretty far back and she hit hard enough that there was green paint on two of them from the bar. Mike and I exchanged worried glances and decided a trip to the dentist was in order. Her Daddy reassured her that she would be okay and held her hand as they walked to the van. I loaded up a screaming Finley (who had just been freed from the stroller moments before), sent Hyrum to retrieve Camilla's other flip-flop, and rushed to the van behind them while calling the dentist. It was so disappointing to have such a fun, memorable day turned upside down.

Daddy took her to the dentist while the boys and I waited at home. X-rays were taken, and no permanent damage done. Thankfully they are baby teeth, due to fall out soon anyways. Camilla was so brave and is now looking forward to a visit from the tooth fairy in the near future! When she got home she iced her lip and gums with a freezie and I wiped up her scraped chin. I realize this fall could have been so much worse and I am just glad that it worked out the way it did.