Oh, the drama!

Last weekend Julia tripped on the street and ended up with a pretty bad skinned knee. Unfortunately it was on our way to the car from a restaurant. At home we could have easily distracted her from the pain. But riding in the car, she had nothing to do but cry her eyes out as she looked at the bloody knee. (She didn't want a band-aid and she didn't want any form of distraction - music, an iPhone, nothin'.) But as awful as it was to listen to her cry all the way home and not be able to comfort her, it was pretty hilarious to hear her dramatic outbursts between sobs. I wrote them down when we got home:

"How will I ever do this?"

"I have to wear shorts forever. Mom, I will run out of shorts!"

Looking out the window at the passing cars, "I don't want everyone to see this!"

"How will I not let Naomi see it? And Mary? And all my girlfriends? And my boyfriends!?"

"Mom, will you not forget to tell me to wear shorts every day? Every day!?"

"Gabe, I have an oweeeeeeee!"

"How will I go hiking?! What shorts will I wear when I am hiking!?"

Jonny said something to me like, "This is ridiculous. She sounds like she broke a bone and we are on our way to the hospital." Julia heard this through her crying and wailed out, "I don't want to go to the hospital!"

It was a long ride home.

 

These pictures were taken a few weeks ago, at a much happier moment in her life. Thought I'd tuck them in this post so you can see a little of her dramatic silliness.