13/365 - Guinness World Record *and* The Scare

Today Noah told me that the Guinness World Record for jumping jacks was 51 in one minute.  He felt sure that he could do more than that, so he asked me to set up the video camera for a test.  Sure enough, he was able to do 63 in one minute.  After he calmed down from the excitement, we went to the GWR website to see what one has to do to actually submit a record attempt and we were able to submit an application for a kit.  I am sure that there will be some stickler rules for jumping jacks (maybe even that a kid can't hold the record) but at least at our house, Noah is the reigning record holder for Most Jumping Jacks in One Minute!

 

After all of the excitement of the morning's record-breaking, I knew that would be our photo today, but now I have another big story from the day.  This evening  while Noah and I were at the table finishing our school work, Dwight came home from work and took the dogs out to play ball.  On one throw, both dogs were running at full speed toward the ball and they hit, head on.  Ruby (right) just froze and didn't move so Dwight went to check on her.  He carried her inside and when he put her down she couldn't stand up or walk and she was completely unresponsive to him talking to her.  He put her in her crate and rushed her to the vet while I stayed home with the scared boys.  Halfway there she began to whine, like she would ordinarily do on the way to the vet and by the time he got her there she seemed to be ok again.  After an exam by the vet (and a LOT of prayers on this end), it was determined that she suffered a concussion and she was able to come back home tonight with just a warning to watch her.  What a scare!