Face Plant!

Well, the little sports injuries have for sure begun in our house.  Matt was chasing Hayden and the other 7 kids from our team around the bases today and the boy behind Hayden stepped on his shoe and fell on top of him.  Hayden didn't see him coming and landed straight on his poor little nose on the ground!  He definitely was shocked since he didn't know he was going to fall, and it took him a second to cry, which was enough to scare me right out of my chair on the sidelines.  Luckily Matt was right there and picked him up to check on him.  He had his whole face covered in dirt and a little scratch on his nose and one on his forehead.  His nose is a little swollen now but luckily one of our assistant coaches is a Paramedic and another is a Firefighter, so they checked it out and he is totally fine.  

He's actually becoming quite the little tough guy.  He really only cried for a second and brushed himself off to finish practice, which surprised me because he usually can put on quite a show if he's hurt and everyone's attacking him to check on him.  Now he thinks he is really cool with his scratch and swollen nose and I have no doubt he will milk that for all it's worth with the girls at school tomorrow.  Anytime he gets a little scratch or anything at school, he just has to show his favorite two 5 year-old girls because they always give him the sympathy hugs and offer to take care of him (yeah, he's got them figured out).   I am going to be a nervous wreck if he ever wants to play football or Rugby or one of those other full-contact sports...no more injuries for the rest of the season please, Hayden!