Grey hairs
Posted by Carrie on 22 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Rants and vents, Samuel
Sam’s determined to give them to me. 
We went to a little festival today, put on by a local Greek Orthodox church that friends of ours attend. We ran into them, and Sam and their son (classmates since preschool) were happy-giggly together, riding the rides and skipping around while his mom and I chatted and followed them with our littler ones in tow. (Gabe refused to ride anything at all, finding even the slow-moving train ride too scary.) Sam especially enjoyed the swings, so they rode that one repeatedly, though I feared for puking (and witnessed a couple of incidents from other less fortunate riders 
).
On what was to be his last ride, due to running out of tickets, Sam started getting a little goofy. I interrupted my conversation to call out to him, “Sam, stop that!” when I saw him begin to fiddle with the bar in front of his belly. Then, for reasons I can’t explain and he isn’t wanting to discuss, he suddenly lifted his body up by grabbing the chains above him. His bottom scooted forward, and when he came down, he was no longer in the seat; he was hanging in front of the swing, the chain between his legs catching him. Thank God he didn’t let go of the chains he was holding! His face went white.
I screamed and froze. My friend ran to the ride operator, who was oblivious, and yelled for him to stop the ride. He did, and he ran in to help support Sam as the swings slowed and lowered. Sam calmed down at that point, and when I ran to get him, he tried to smile at me - which was the wrong move, since it snapped me out of my fear and sent me headlong into anger. “You could have been killed! What on earth were you trying to do?!”
“I wanted to see what it would be like…”
Auuuuuuugh!
(At least the Greek coffee was good.)
3 Comments »
on 22 Jun 2008 at 8:02 pm
dangitAnge said …
YIKES! I would’ve freaked too!
Glad he’s okay!
on 23 Jun 2008 at 1:49 pm
hannah said …
I am thinking that between certain ages (like, until they are men) boys have poor impulse control.
Is that too broad and stereotypical?
I see this same thing emerging with my 3 yo, and my 12 month old boys. Scares. me.
Glad your boy held onto the chains.
on 24 Jun 2008 at 12:32 am
Laura said …
OMG. I think I will have to veto my 9 or 3 yr old boy going on those swings at the fairs now
I am SO glad Sam is ok… I think I would have had a heart attack if I was you! 
You deserve a drink, a bit of chocolate and a hot bubble bath at the VERY least after experiencing that ordeal…