It's been a while since I last wrote.

Today the 7year old nephew, J3, broke his hand. Here is what I know.

All 3 nephews are here, having spent the night. The 10 year old nephew (J2)had to attend football practice at 2pm. So All 3 kids and the 2 kids (K1, K2)from Next door and I cycled to the football field.

We we got there, the kids mother was waiting and decided to take the 12year (J1) old and the 7 year old off to her mums. So that left the 10year old and the 2 kids from next door and me. We had fun. I videoed J2 playing football and the K1, K2 playing. We rolled about on the hill, did kart wheels, handstands and numerous dances. Then the kids had a go at videoing too.

I got home had some food and was astounded to see the kid's mum arriving as I looked out the window. This was when she told me J3 is in hospital with broken hand. He apparently was racing down a hill and fell off the bike and bent his hand backwards. This resulted in a dislocated bone and numerous lacerations of the hand. Luckily his head appears to have avoided injury. He was in the park with his eldest brother J3. J3 says J1 was screaming at the time of the injury. He got no help from any adults in the park. He eventually managed to calm down J1 enough for them to negotiate their way home to their grandmothers. Grandma called their mother who then drove the kids to the hospital. J3 is to have a general anesthetic tomorrow and the doctors will then fix the bones of the hand back in the correct position and place a plaster cast on his hand.

Meanwhile my sister is on holiday in Jamaica. She is fortunate that Hurricane DEAN missed her island. She and her child are enjoying the sun while the local mosquitoes are enjoying them.

I last played football about 3 weeks ago but found the injury to the waist kept getting worse the more i played. So I have decided to wait until I feel no pain before planting my feet on the football pitch. However doing handstands, cart wheels, jumping over walls, lifting kids up, swinging them around, rolling down hills, is not going to help my cause.