Christmas Day ??? Tragedy???

 Christmas Day was so much fun. We started early (we'll not that early, but one gift that every child was anxious to receive was Just Dance 2 (a new Wii Game). Luckily,  Grandma & Grandpa Paul were thoughtful enough to get it for us ( I think Grandma & Grandpa's gifts were the favorite this year - Just Dance and Automatic Nerf Guns). Quickly we got the Wii up and running and we danced. Four people at a time. Some were definetly better than others. We all realized it was a great areobic workout, so very few had a hard time sharing the remotes because most of us could only do 2-3 max before we were handing off our remote, or you could dance without a remote on the side (Loryn and Meagan). All day we played. With everyone that came. The night was slowing down and we decided to go do just a few more dances. We were on our last dance and right at the end ... Tragedy happened. This is how the story developed:

At our Christmas Open House with Pizza this year.  I made my mom's traditions Little Smokies with Bacon (A FAVORITE).  Everyone loved them -- even the little overdone ones and they were gone quickly.  Take note of the toothpicks stuck in them to keep them together.  Remember we have lots of children here playing Dance 2 in the basement.

Someone sticks a toothpick in Loryn's hair.  She discovers it while she is dancing.  She quickly removes the toothpick and places it right where it should go -- on the ground.

During our last dance we are moving to "Walk Like an Egyptians", and all the sudden I hear a "OWWWCH"  I turn to the left and see Meagan pulling her foot up and saying she stepped on something.  I think it may be a tack from the carpet and ask her what she thinks it is (while trying to keep my infamous dance moves together -- there are points involved here and we wouldn't want to miss them just for a stubbed toe).  Loryn begins to panic, because Meagan's score is lacking, and I decide maybe this is a little more serious than a tack so I take a closter look and see a fairly good size black spot on the crease of her second toe.  She  hops upstairs to consult the doctor.  I get the

surgical tweasers and he begins the  "surgical" process. A few minutes after the surgical process starts  the other dancers arrive upstairs stating they think it was a toothpick (from the little smokies).  Loryn quickly confesses it was in her hair and she accidently dropped it on the ground. Meanwhile,  Sheldon is  can't get it out and the toe is beginning to become tender.  Luckily anesthetic is available and Meagan's toe get a little numbing (twice before the nothing could be felt).  We ask the girls to go recover the toothpick so we can see how much is gone.  As they go to recover they discover 5 toothpicks on the ground.  At this point, Loryn isn't quite sure it is her toothpick Meagan stepped on.  In fact she is pretty sure it isn't her toothpick, because she would never hurt her sister.  As she contemplates the removal of the

toothpick from her hair.  She is pretty sure she threw it behind the couch so it wouldn't be seen.  But she was dancing and it might have popped out of her hand and landed in front of the couch.  She is a little concerned that it might be the toothpick someone stuck in her hair, because it sure looks like it, compared to the other ones.  She really wishes the culprit who put the toothpick in her hair would come forward and confess to that gross task. 

Luckily the tragedy turned out okay.  After about a half hour.  We (Sheldon) thinks he was able to remove all the pieces of toothpick, we placed Hydrogen Peroxide on it to kill any germs and Meagan bandaged it up.  I don't think it will stop any Dance 2 moves, but I think I will remove toothpicks from Little Smokies next time I serve them.