Sunday at our house was a perfect example of the difference in gender. Ethan rose early in order to be ready to go on a snowmobiling adventure for the first time. larr and I got up with him to make sure he was ready. He tried on his new helmet, admiring it, several times. He joined his former boss, Bob, for the day. They arrived in Grandby an hour before the shop where he keeps his snowmobiles was open so they went out for a steak and eggs breakfast. They then headed for the field to play and ride. It is an expanse of about 200 acres, most of it flat. Ethan has an absolute blast, until he crashed. He got going at about 75 mph zooming across the field. He assumed that it was just like the other edge and completely flat. However, he was terribly wrong. As he approached the edge he could see that there was a ditch, but at about 2-3 seconds away, he could not slow down much. His reality went into slow motion just before he hit the ditch. The impact caused his body to fly up and he hit his face on the way down. Thankfully the helmet and the goggles took the brunt of the impact. The lenses on the goggles broke into pieces and cut the bridge of his nose. Ethan says he is pretty sure he would be very seriously injured or maybe even dead if he had not been wearing the helmet. The cut right between the eyes gushed lots of blood, soaking the bandanna he had been wearing. Bob sped over to make sure Ethan was alright. They used a baggie with snow to keep down the swelling. For a while we thought he might get two black eyes, but that does not seem like the case today. He came home and took a warm bath. They he and his dad went to hunter safety class. He also has a soar back. I think he would have been fine with some black eye action - it would have been a good boy badge.
Ellie, on the other hand, spent some of the day being lazy and trying on different hair styles for cotillion. I spent some time altering her dress. It is my favorite of the ones we bought so far, but it needed to be taken in. We joined the others at Connie's and Christy's house so the girls could get ready together. I made soup and brought stuff for salad so that we could spent the entire evening together. We stuffed all of us into my van and were off. I love how daylight savings time means that there was still the glorious sunshine and blue skies when we arrived.
I took the opportunity to snap a few photos of the girls and one of the three moms. Last night's class was a bit more difficult than the first. The girls took the lead this week doing the introductions and getting the refreshments. They were introduced to the electric slide (not the disco version, but the hands over the head, slide along the shoulders, hop and spin version). It was a hoot to watch the kids try to master it. Some kids clearly have rhythm and coordination, while others do not. Ellie is somewhere in the middle. She had a few dance partners who would not venture to try the new moves. One super cute boy added his own flare by doing the girl's moves, too. He would spin Ellie, then he would spin himself. She also got to dance with Jackson again this week. He is fun and can dance. The girls were all chatter on the way home. Some much hard work left them hungry and desiring ice cream so we stopped at Good Times for spoonbenders on the way home.
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