One of those days...

Today was a rough day for Annalise. The rough patch started when dirt reentered a wound from yesterday. The wound was a scratch on her pinky, and it stung when the dirt came in from playing outside.
Next,we were visiting some friends and on our way home (on our bicycles) she was riding quite fast on our washboard dirt road, and wrecked completely. The heavy Dutch bike pinned her knee to the ground. She was very distraught as a passerby, who happened to be Tanzanian, picked her up and held her until I could reach her.
After some quality time with an ice pack at home, the throbbing subsided and the day continued. However, when she attempted to go outside again, the heavy sliding door lock disengaged from the door and landed on her bare toe. This resulted in a nice bruise on one toe and a slight cut on another toe. It began to bleed and a couple of minutes later the bleeding stopped, but Anna was even more hysterical. "Anna, what is the matter?!" Anna tearfully replied,"My toe has lost all of its blood, and I don't know what I am going to do!" After a brief biology lesson on how God made our bodies to help stop bleeding, she managed a feeble smile and the courage to put her shoes on and go outside....

Just to wrap up the day... tonight Anna, Sarah and Ben were engaged in their nightly dance and chase ritual around the house. After multiple ballerina twirls in a row Anna became very dizzy and face planted in our fireplace (without a fire). But this time all we heard were slap happy giggles coming from an ash smudged face!