We Had a Field Day

So, Easton woke up around 6 this morning, I wasn't sure what to do so I ended up nursing him but he only wanted a little. Then I put him back in bed and he actually went back to sleep till 9. At that point we needed to head down to my mom's school (45 minutes away) for her Field Day. She is an elementary school P.E. teacher and so every year they have one of those days where most schools run 3 legged races and 50 yard dashes. Hers are non-traditional and they're more team relays and shooting water bombs with sling shots. The kids love it. Most parents appreciate the non-competitive nature of it all, a few (Dads) complain. :) This year her "theme" was the 50 states. It is very involved. She works hard on it.

Anyway, we got there and said hi to my grandparents who were there running a station then we found my mom zooming around on her golf cart before a parent came up asking if the school had a stretcher, "huh? what?" Yikes is right! So, one kid took a tumble on his neck and was having some neck pain and they were having him lay still. Nobody seemed to really have a handle on the whole situation and my mom was trying to get details about what had happened. I told her to just go check it out herself and I'd find out about stretchers, etc. Well, when I got to the kid my EMT training kicked in. I was disappointed to see these adults and substitute nurse simply standing and bending over the poor kid laying on the ground reminding him, "Don't move your neck" and talking about him rather than to him. The kid's a scared 9 year old, people. I had to act, I set E down and went to sit cross legged at the boy's head while helping to hold his head straight for him. His name was Darius, he was a Nebraska football fan, he'd play quarterback if he was a football player...someone needed to just talk to the kid while keeping an eye on things at the same time, ya know? Anyway, they had already made the decision to call 911 so I told them they (the teachers and substitute nurse) really shouldn't move him if the medics were already going to come anyway. I didn't think the kid was seriously injured or anything, they just didn't want to take any chances, of course so they called 911. I just helped keep him still and distracted him till the lovely firefighters got there. Once they got him in the ambulance he started crying (see how much I was helping? kidding, kidding...). I felt really bad for Darius. It turns out he just had a neck strain, whew. I was just disappointed in how some people were handling it, one dad was even taking pictures! Okay, I know I'm a scrapbooker myself and all, but that's just wrong. While I was helping tend to Darius, Easton rode around in the golf cart on my mom's lap. He sucked down another 10 oz. of apple juice while he was with her. Even though I didn't do much, Darius sure made me miss my EMT stuffs. Go figure.

Here's a few movies thrown together from today. I must warn you it's not the most exciting footage you'll ever see. It's Easton playing outside with some balls then inside with some balls. Some of the high schoolers that was there helping out were nice enough to play with Easton so that's who the strange guy is in the 3rd clip. My grandma (E's great-grandma) is the lady in the 4th clip. The quality of the inside vids isn't great but oh well...now that you're thoroughly warned here it is. Here is a few pictures too:

So, while at Field Day Easton and I shared a popsicle and rode around in the golf cart so my mom could be certain everyone saw him. He still isn't interested in eating today and he zonked out in the car on the way home. I was worried he'd be done napping for the day after we got home but I took a shot and put him in his crib (after removing the balloon from his ankle) and he went right back to sleep. Whew!

I am excited for the weekend, well for tomorrow mostly. We'll be heading back down to my mom's and she's going to watch Easton while we go to the 9:45 am showing of The Da Vinci Code. My mom told me she heard it was dull though. Oh no! We're still going. I hope it doesn't deter Jason from reading the book first in the future. He says this will be the only time he's read the book before seeing the movie. The book was really exciting so I hope the movie comes close! I'll know tomorrow and keep you posted. After the movie we'll be taking my mom and sister out for my mom's Mother's Day brunch. She thought she'd be too overwhelmed with planning Field Day last weekend so we planned for tomorrow. That worked out okay for me because I got to spend my Mother's Day celebrating with my own little family.

Alright, well that should be enough updating for today. Have a lovely Friday!