Member of the Brangelina brood goes down with a broken bone

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Sara McGinnis

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There's never a dull moment when you've got a large family like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie do. Proving even vacation time can be filled with unexpected twists and tumbles, word comes that one of the famous pair's kids spent part of the recent holiday in the hospital.

Pax, who is Brangelina's second-oldest child, reportedly broke his leg while jet-skiing during his family's otherwise dreamy-sounding vacation in Phuket, Thailand. Us Weekly reports an inside source revealed the 12-year-old is now on the mend, but for the time being has a big cast and is "hobbling around" on crutches.

Aside from the hospital visit, other highlights of the trip for the kids — Maddox, 14, Pax, Zahara, 10, Shiloh, 9, and twins Vivienne and Knox, both 7 — included jumping off a yacht and swimming in the ocean.

Just recently Brad Pitt gushed about his kids (Pax is pictured on the actor's right in the center photo), telling the outlet, "I can’t describe a father’s pride. I feel so much of it … there’s a lot of emotions. Maddox and all my kids are so warm and they take on more than anyone could understand, more than I could ever understand ... They absorb so much, and I love watching all my children grow and learn. And of course my wife is amazing, and I love watching her teach and grow with our kids as well, I really mean that."

Sounds like they're as close as ever, despite a few hiccups in the road.

To be honest (as I reach to knock on wood) I'm rather surprised I haven't yet found myself in Brad and Angelina's shoes. Though I've long prided myself on not being a helicopter parent, my two boys have managed to get through much of their childhood without any rushed trips to the hospital -- yet.

When my second born was little we spent quite a few nights at the emergency room due to ear infections, but there haven't been any serious falls or injuries to report in the first decade of my parenting. My own parents were a little less lucky, however.

They once had to find the ER in a town hours from home after I fractured an ankle during a soccer game, and then there was the time my brother got hurt. In high school he worked on set crew for the theater, and while underneath the stage trying to get a piece of the floor back in place got his middle finger stuck. A kid up top jumped on the piece that wouldn't go in without realizing what was going on, and my brother lost the tip of his finger in spectacular blood-spattering style. Talk about a weird injury, right? Here's hoping none of us ever have to deal with something quite like that!

What's you're family's accident and injury history like? How does your own childhood compare?

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