Play, bump, scream, cry, and gushing blood

Yes, the subject line is a little odd, but consider that all those things happened to us last night within two minutes.  Let me explain:

The husband was trying to make E stop crying, as she was in one of her I-want-Mama-only moods but I was doing other stuff.  So, he started playing the backward game with her like he often does.  In this game, he holds her upright in his arms and then releases her so she falls over backwards (in his arms).  She loves it, and it was calming her screams and cries.  L spied the game going on and asked her daddy if she could play too.  He said okay, sure, but he didn't expect her to come running immediately.  She ran straight into her little sister coming upward with Daddy.  Cue me, cleaning the kitchen, and suddenly there are two little girls screaming and crying at the top of their lungs with Daddy cursing and panicking.  Wtf just happened?!??  My husband yelled at me "TAKE ONE OF THEM!," so I took L since she was closer to me.  She was screaming, crying, and I finally got out of her that her nose hurt really bad.  Okay, I can handle this - I went to the freezer with her and got out both boo-boo items we have for bumps in the freezer.  I used one for L and handed the other to my husband for E.  Apparently, when he was bringing E up, he smashed her forehead really hard into L's nose.  Ouch.  Total accident, but we still had to deal with the girls and their pain/injuries.

And that's when the blood started gushing.

I had put L on my lap on the couch and was helping her hold the boo-boo freezer pack against her nose.  All of a sudden, there was blood gushing out her nose, over the freezer pack, and onto her shirt.  I'm sure it wasn't a huge amount or anything, but I just thought "oh SHIT."  However, not wanting her to panic since she was wiping at it and asking me "what is it, Mama!??", I asked my husband for paper towels and took it from there.  We wiped up her face and hands, stuck some paper towel bits in her nose to stop the bleeding, and gave her some big hugs and soothing words.  My husband took E upstairs so she could calm down on her own (two kids screaming and crying just feed off each other) and that helped get it quiet again in the house.  As of this morning, L looks like she has a slight bruise around her nose (but no more bleeding), and E has a bruise on her forehead.  If that's the worst of it, I'm okay with that.

Now I just have a blood-stained shirt to clean up.  Good thing I've got Shaklee laundry detergent - that stuff is amazing at getting stains out!  I just hope the husband isn't still feeling guilty about it all - it really was an accident and both girls are fine.  Poor guy, he was totally frazzled.  C'est la vie when it comes to kids, I guess!