This is the god's-honest truth: The last words Kathryn heard before she broke her arm were, "Now why don't you try it without holding my hand." And the last words I heard before she broke her arm were, "Okay," but it was really more of an "Okaaaaaaayyyeeeeeeee!" with the pitch of the last syllable wavering up-up-up, up into the stratosphere of nervousness. She then took two quick breaths, then a step, then another, then her feet in her brand-new heelys shot out in front of her and the bone of her right arm eased her fall to the concrete by breaking in two.
If suffering truly built character, we could sell our house and fucking move in to Kathryn's character.
DAMN! She is such a li'l trooper, I'll give her that. For everything that life has thrown at her, she gets right back up and gives life a big ol' raspberry to boot.
Posted by: Five Left Feet | August 24, 2008 at 09:25 AM
Are you guys gunning for your own personal room in the ER? You have one tough kid there. Actually three of 'em.
Posted by: Bennie | August 24, 2008 at 09:52 AM
Famous last words I suppose.
Posted by: VegasDad | August 24, 2008 at 11:42 AM
Oh, poor thing! She's going to have great stories to tell at college and beyond!
Posted by: Sadia | August 24, 2008 at 11:45 AM
OMG, can you as a family just take a whole year off and eat ice cream? Cuz DAMN it's been a rough year.
Posted by: Carrie | August 24, 2008 at 12:07 PM
And just who bought her those damn heeley's??? Please tell me that she is a left and she didn't break her writing arm????
Oh well, the last x-ray picture was getting a bit old to look at - now you can update your masthead with one of Kathryn's x-rays!
All I can say is that you have some funky bad mojo going on in your house.
Posted by: Anne Prince | August 24, 2008 at 12:46 PM
So sorry to hear of Kathryn's catastrophe! Just remind her it's cool to have a cast on her arm that everybody can sign.
Posted by: Mauigirl52 | August 24, 2008 at 01:05 PM
The only thing more dangerous than Heely's is a set of Heely's on a drunk person.
Hope her arm heals up soon!
Posted by: loren | August 24, 2008 at 01:09 PM
I'm going to use Kathryn's broken arm story when my kids start begging me for Heely's. Thanks, Kathryn, for your sacrifice!
Posted by: 3-Martini Jennifer | August 24, 2008 at 01:43 PM
Awww, geez, that sucks. I always think that my daughter has spent way too much time in hospitals considering she's generally a pretty healthy little girl. Sounds like Kathryn's in the same boat. No guilt allowed, though, Daddy.
Posted by: Fawn | August 24, 2008 at 02:08 PM
I thought the heelies craze was over, this is not good since it will give my niece a chance to find out about them. Putting wheels on a 5 year old seems like a very bad idea, she's already all over the place as is. I hope poor Kathryn's arm gets better quickly!
Posted by: Karen | August 24, 2008 at 03:15 PM
Damn you have had a rough go of it...
Posted by: cass | August 24, 2008 at 03:38 PM
NOW I can explain to Jake why Heelies aren't allowed in Home Depot.
So sorry to hear about Kathryn! Poor kid!
Posted by: Scattered Mom | August 24, 2008 at 03:52 PM
This story makes me think that the pro-crocs contingency should use this as a marketing strategy. Crocs - slip-resistant as to not break arms since 2002. Let the croc bashing begin.
Posted by: Amy | August 24, 2008 at 04:29 PM
oof. argh! If she's smart (which of course she is), she'll make good use of this in the future to get ponies and such. Mend quickly, Kathryn's arm!
Posted by: R | August 24, 2008 at 04:40 PM
Whew!
I didn't know what heelys were and was horrified at the thought that you (father of three daughters, no less) would let your girls wear some sort of proto-whore little-girl high heels.
After googling, I can say thank goodness it was only those stupid shoe/roller skate hybrids that I see the dumb little boys wearing.
Please, when she heals, take her to the ice-skating or roller-skating rink (as climate allows) so that she learns that skating is different from walking.
Posted by: | August 24, 2008 at 05:52 PM
Poor, poor Kathryn.
At least she won't have to write the same What I Did This Summer essay as every other kid in her class -- "I went to Disney World!"
Come on, how boring would that be? ;)
Posted by: Abby | August 24, 2008 at 06:42 PM
I guess I must be a reeeeally bad person, because this story made me laugh out loud....but only because I've been there, too. "No really, Son, let go of Mummy, I know you can do it yourself! Oh crap."
I hope Kathryn is in good spirits and heals soon.
Posted by: Irma | August 24, 2008 at 07:12 PM
On a lighter note, did you read FINSLIPPY today? Classic.
Posted by: Tess | August 24, 2008 at 07:45 PM
*wince*
oops.
Posted by: Elise | August 24, 2008 at 09:30 PM
.... Now I fully understand why you hit the bottle now and again.
Maybe as they get older, the injuries will get less serious....
Or, they'll name a ward of the hospital in your name... I can see it now... Children's wing in honor of TheDad
Posted by: MissMarie | August 24, 2008 at 10:42 PM
.... Now I fully understand why you hit the bottle now and again.
Maybe as they get older, the injuries will get less serious....
Or, they'll name a ward of the hospital in your name... I can see it now... Children's wing in honor of TheDad
Posted by: MissMarie | August 24, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Ah, the accident prone family.
I can relate:
When my four year old brother broke his arm very badly, my stepmother tried to console him a little while later by saying "Look, Brian! Here comes daddy's ambulance!"
It had been said ambulance's third visit in two years.
Posted by: abby | August 25, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Take lots of pictures of her and her fancy cast. Then you'll have a full story for her to look back on when she's older.
Posted by: chicklet | August 25, 2008 at 01:48 AM
Oh boy, bad luck... Funny, I just pointed the Heelies out to my uncoordinated seven-year-old. Note to self: stop asking for trouble.
On the bright side, they'll all be cooling their heels in school very soon, fingers crossed!
Posted by: Lisa | August 25, 2008 at 02:36 AM