We went to the park yesterday to get some of Laila's energy out, and she spent time running around going down the slides and asking me to go down the slides too (she always wants me to play with her, and I know that won't last forever so I do it). After twenty minutes she ran over to the swing, hopped on with her belly down--totally ignoring me when I showed her how to sit on it, and telling me no when I asked if she wanted to sit on it too--and swung a few times. Then she hopped off and ran off, and while I made to follow her disaster struck. She stepped up on the stone wall surrounding the fake turf and somehow lost her footing and tumbled head over heels onto the pavement. When I reached her, she was crying, and as I brushed her off I noticed scratches around her nose and a big knot rising on her forehead, so I immediately hurried home.

sashagee was very worried about a concussion, but Laila wasn't confused or sleepy and could answer all the questions we asked (at least, to the degree she usually answers the questions we ask her). We sprayed on some antibiotic ointment and put some ice on it--we have a Hello Kitty-shaped icepack that Laila always refers to as "Hello Kitty kiss it" when she needs the ice--and let her sit on the couch and watch some train crossing videos. And by bedtime, it looked a lot better and her behavior was still normal.

At the end of the day, I kissed her on the bump on her forehead and asked me to kiss the cut on her nose too.