So trampolines are dangerous?! No one told me that!! Growing up, sure I went on trampolines at friends houses. I never fell off. I never got hurt. I never attempted stupidly dangerous tricks. Never. Shocked? Me too! So we have had our trampoline for a few years and have not had an incident… Until now!! Last week Scotty and I were in the gazebo watching the girls on the trampoline. Something must have ignited in my dear husband, because he decided he was not only going to go jump with the girls, but show them a new game. Crack the egg (also apparently known as popcorn). The name(s) should pretty much give away the game, but basically there is one jumper with the other kids sitting criss cross apple sauce holding their feet. The jumper tries to jump high enough, hard enough, fast enough to crack the egg (get the other kids to lose grip of their feet). Well not long after explaining the game, did one egg not only crack, but she busted her face. Bloody lip, bloody knee (from a tooth jamming into it), and several loud screams through tears and the game was OVER! One very upset mommy tried, unsuccessfully, to hold it together and tell her beautiful daughter that everything would be okay! Her perfect smile was no more! Because I am the worrier that I am, I took her to the dentist a few days later. Apparently this is common and everything will in fact be okay! The tooth has since corrected itself almost entirely, and luckily for us all, no one is scared of the trampoline. Sure it’s no broken bone story, but it is our first dramatic injury. Let’s hope it’s the last! 😉
