Just when you think he has done it all....

Thomas does something new.

We went to the fairgrounds last evening to celebrate the 4th of July on the 3rd. I know, sounds mixed up, but it works for us. Since hubby is the electrician for the fairgrounds, he had been there for most of the afternoon getting lights up and running and making sure the vendors had power.

We took along our grill and made supper, watched people, listened to music by Phil Dirt and the Dozers and watched more people. The band concluded their concert with an A Capella rendition of the Star Spangled Banner that gave me chills. I love good harmony, and on that song, it was just about perfect. Finally it was dark enough for the fireworks to begin. Our spot was perfect, as we watched beautiful explosions of light over our heads.

They concluded and the crowd began to leave. We waited so that we could turn off lights and the kids played around on the grass. That's when life got interesting. Thomas found a glow stick necklace that someone had left behind and was twirling it around. He managed to hit himself in the eye, and the next thing I knew, my son had a glowing eye. His quick thinking daddy grabbed a bottle of water and began rinsing it out. That seemed to flush the "glow" out of it. Just then, the local EMT company went by on their golf cart. Hubby headed to them and explained what had happened. They decided they should rinse him out a bit more with sterile water, so Thomas got a ride on their golf cart back to the ambulance. The gal driving said "we'll go slow" and off they went....way faster than I could walk. Thankfully, one of our fair board members was driving around on the Turf Cruiser we are raffling off, so I thumbed a ride with him and caught up with Thomas. The EMT rinsed him out real good and checked his eye. There seemed to be no issue with his vision, so they sent us on our way with instructions to see our regular doctor if his vision got blurry.

We headed back across the fairgrounds, in search of daddy. We found him wrapping it up with the fair manager. Mr. Dow let Thomas know that he held the distinction of being the only person who needed the EMT's all night and gave him a high five. With that, we headed back to the truck and on our way home. Just one more adventure in our lives.

PS: His eye is just fine this morning, Thank you Lord!