broken legs
Friday, January 09, 2009
today matthew jack and i went to summer and robbies for breakfast and just to hang out. then the two of them, the three of us, and their five kids and two dogs all took a long walk. we walked for quite a while, and jack's little legs got tired. matt put him up on his shoulders and carried him that way for probably about twenty minutes. all of the sudden i hear jack crying and whining at matt. he is begging matt not to touch his legs. matt explains that if he doesn't hold jacks legs, jack will fall off his shoulders....
at this point i tell matt just to get jack down so i can have a talk with him. jack starts freaking out an crying and saying his legs hurt. when matt puts him on the ground, instead of standing up, jacks legs buckle in a bambi-type-new-dear-learning-to-walk manner. when i stand him back up he falls again and is crying saying his legs hurt! at this point one of summers kids asks if his legs are broken? jack really starts to freak out now. i am holding him, and he is sobbing all the while telling me that his legs are broken...
all the grown ups, of course, have realized that jack's legs were simply asleep, but while i am rubbing his legs trying to get them to wake up, he refuses to believe me.
JACK:(sobbing) My legs are broken!!!
ME: (cracking up) no they aren't
JACK: (still sobbing) yes they are!!!
this is how our conversation went for about a minute. after which time, i stood him up. his legs held him this time, and he broke into hysterical, relieved laughter with tears still on his face. maybe the cutest moment of all time....
at this point i tell matt just to get jack down so i can have a talk with him. jack starts freaking out an crying and saying his legs hurt. when matt puts him on the ground, instead of standing up, jacks legs buckle in a bambi-type-new-dear-learning-to-walk manner. when i stand him back up he falls again and is crying saying his legs hurt! at this point one of summers kids asks if his legs are broken? jack really starts to freak out now. i am holding him, and he is sobbing all the while telling me that his legs are broken...
all the grown ups, of course, have realized that jack's legs were simply asleep, but while i am rubbing his legs trying to get them to wake up, he refuses to believe me.
JACK:(sobbing) My legs are broken!!!
ME: (cracking up) no they aren't
JACK: (still sobbing) yes they are!!!
this is how our conversation went for about a minute. after which time, i stood him up. his legs held him this time, and he broke into hysterical, relieved laughter with tears still on his face. maybe the cutest moment of all time....
