Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Ralphie, you're lucky it didn't cut your eye! Those icicles have been known to kill people.

My kids are obsessed with icicles. Dylan has decided that it's his job to knock them down with a broom:


One of them actually fell and hit his cheek! I forgot to take a picture of it. It just left a teeny little bruise. It reminded me of the Christmas Story - when Ralphie makes up some story about an icicle falling and breaking his glasses. I said to Ben, "What are the odds that someone actually gets hit in the face with an icicle?" He told me that a staggering number of people get hurt or killed by icicles every year. I decided to look it up to see if he's right. I didn't find much, but I saw a few statistics taken from Russia in 2008 - 74 people died just in Moscow that year from falling icicles. Crazy!!! I guess I'd better tell Dylan that he is no longer on icicle duty.

2 comments:

Oh My Lou said...

Hey!This is Lacie Backman! I saw you had a blog so I added you to my list!! I can't believe Sadie is growing up TOO fast!! I just love your family, you have really cute kids!

Nat said...

Those icicles are awesome! I think if Dyl stands right under them to knock them down then he'd be more likely to get hurt, but where he's at he should be okay. Maybe.

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