Today we ventured out to Saiki park to go sledding and play with Jane's girls. This is the same park where Ben went sledding awhile back and got a "road" burn on his ankle from the sledding. Luckily he didn't have any accidents today but unfortunately Piper did.
My super hero ready to go sledding.
Ready, set...
Go!
Ben didn't want to sled for very long. I don't know if he was still feeling a little timid after the accident last time. He went down a few times and then was ready to hit the roller slide. I went down a couple of times with him and decided to stop. He asked me if I stopped because the slide made my body feel funny. Well yes, it did make my body feel funny. Nothing like rolling down a roller slide on your rear.
It is sweet potato season in Sasebo and at in front of the store at the park they were grilling sweet potatoes. We realized that people were also picking sweet potatoes up the hill so we decided to try it out. Remember this picture for a later picture of Piper...
Ben and Grace beginning the trek up the hill.
Sweet potato picking!
They gave us gloves and shovels and told us where we could dig. All for free! Japan is amazing that way!
Our first sweet potato!
Ben thought the rock was cooler to dig up than the potatoes! Notice how happy the farmer is behind him. They love being around the kids!
Our sweet potato!
Getting help finding more potatoes.
So in the next few pictures think back to the picture of the ladies grilling the sweet potatoes. After we picked our potatoes I bought two potatoes already cooked. I didn't realize that the foil wrapped potatoes may have hot embers on them. I laid my bag on top of the stroller and an ember burned through the stroller and fell on Piper's head!
The hole.
The next hole.
The burn mark on Piper's snuggler in the stroller.
Piper's burned head :( I immediately took her to the urgent care clinic on base. While I was getting the babies out of the car, the chief medical officer on the ESSEX pulled up. I had met him during our culture class right when I got here. He and his wife are very nice!! Well I asked him if he could check her head before I lugged everyone inside. He said that it did break the skin but that it looked like it would be o.k. I just need to keep it clean and try to keep it dry so it can scab up. Piper is such a trooper!
My poor baby! She still smilin' though!
Can't leave Nate out!
