Pain in the.... ear

Poor Karina.  

Amidst the chaos of running through the house with her siblings one wild evening, 

she smashed her head into the outer corner of the hallway wall.  

Not realizing it was such a nasty bump,

and being completely benign to these sort of random bumps and injuries,

and lamenting to myself that my kids are so dramatic,

and forgetting completely I was in the running for Mother of the Year, 

I basically ignored her,
told everyone to stop running, 

and would you all please just get ready for bed!?!

A few minutes later,

my astute husband, who is running for Father of the Year,

noticed blood on the carpet and initiated a search for the injured party.

Karina was identified as the injured one and promptly taken to the bathroom for inspection and repair.

It was a nasty wound, for certain.
Once the blood was cleared away along with much wailing and gnashing,
we could see she had a tiny cut in the upper fold of her ear
and a larger cut on the back side of her ear.
Her ear started swelling with blood to resemble that of a seasoned wrestler.

Several minutes of soothing talk turned into firm persuasion and finally led to forceful wrestling
in order to calm her down and convince her to let us bandage her ear,
She simply wouldn't stop freaking out....
...until....
her big sister came with an offering of a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie.
The flood gates closed immediately and all was well again.
I nominate Mariah for Sister of the Year.