A Big Bonk

The victim

The culprit
Poor Kate. She was scraped up pretty good this morning. Her and Enoch were outside playing in the backyard while I was doing the dishes. I heard Kate screaming - not a mad scream, but a really hurt scream. I hobbled out there and found Kate sitting on the grass clutching her face and Enoch standing next to the swing. Enoch looked like he was in shock. He was completely pale and wouldn't talk to me. He just kept staring at Kate and trying to speak to tell me what happened.
I grabbed Kate and rushed her inside and tried to stop the bleeding. Her nose and mouth were both producing a lot of blood. We finally got the blood under control and cleaned up her face as best we could. I gave her some Advil for the pain and a binkie for comfort. Pretty soon she wore herself out from the screaming and was asleep (it was nap time anyway).
Enoch came in a few minutes later. He was still white and shaking a bit. He asked if Kate was okay. I said she would be fine. He was trying very hard not to burst into tears. He finally said, "Mom, it was an accident. I don't want Kate to be hurt. I feel so bad Kate got hurt. And then she was bleeding and I didn't know what to do." Apparently, Kate climbed into her swing and asked Enoch to push her. Enoch gave her a big shove and she flipped out of the swing and scraped her face on the edge on the decking. Kate didn't think to buckle herself in and Enoch thought she was already buckled in. Oh well, an accident.
Kate has been telling me all day that she is a big girl who is brave. That "Kate in swing, off, down! Big bonk!" Big bonk indeed. I hope she heals quickly.