Nothing a Little Super Glue Can't Fix!

Piper and I began wrapping presents for Alex's birthday party on Friday afternoon with the expectation that things would go smoothly and we would have it all done before going to school for pick-up. As we all know, anytime something is expected often times the result is not what we want. Well needless to say, this was how our afternoon of pre-birthday preparation ended. After wrapping two presents I ran out of tape and left the room to get more. Piper proceeded to put a shopping bag over her head and pretended to be a ghost and "scare mommy". Next thing I knew I heard screams coming from the living room and found Miss Priss lying on the floor with the bag still on her head. Apparently she tripped (because she couldn't see where she was going) and landed, chin first, on the hearth. I removed the bag from her head and saw dripping blood from her chin and a deep gash. We quickly went to the bathroom to examine the damage where I determined we probably needed to go get stitches. I called Aaron at work and of course he said "Is it really that bad?" I informed him that if he wanted to come home and see for himself he could but otherwise I was going to FastER Care. He decided to come take a look at it. After Ibuprofen, ice, a call to Mi-Mi, and lots and lots of Skittles we decided to take care of it ourselves. After picking the other two kids up from school, I traipsed all through CVS looking for a super-glue-like adhesive for skin that Aunt Sarah keeps on hand at her house for my daredevil nephew, Ranger. Much to my dismay I found out they do not sell this over-the-counter, they only use it in the ER and Dr. office because, as the nice pharmacist informed me ,"People would be putting themselves back together all the time". So........ I ended up buying Liquid Bandage which is what Aunt Sarah had meant all along! We prepared Piper for what it was going to feel like and then Aaron held her down while I applied it. She cried just a little(to my surprise because she is a drama queen!:), and then finished off the rest of her skittles. Whew! As a family we have managed only one ER visit thus far and I hope it stays that way!