Justice vs. The Pencil

Today, Justice was leaving school to walk home and had a newly sharpened pencil in his hand.  Another child ran into him and the pencil somehow went in his mouth and impaled the roof of his mouth.  The tip of the pencil broke off inside the roof of his mouth!  I took him to his dentist (who he had seen yesterday for a filling) and they had to have the oral surgeon next door come and do a little precedure to remove the big chunk of graphite from the roof of his mouth!  He has 1 stitch up there and will be eating soft foods for a few days!  Lesson Learned: Put your pencil in your backpack and do not carry a pencil pointed side up towards your face!  If these kids keep going at the rate of an injury every 1 to 2 weeks, this is going to be a very long and exciting year! Scissors to the cheek (Maridian), swallowing a quarter (Noah), and being impaled in the mouth by a pencil (Justice). All since the 12-21-09! At least they are original right!?!