Growing Pains- Part 2

Zachary is not having a good week. We are contemplating fitting him for a helmet. Then he might make it to his fourth birthday without suffering major brain trauma.

This evening Zachary saw the water sprinkler on in the front yard. He ran into his room and put on his swim shorts. When he asked if we could go outside, I couldn't say no. So we all went out to play. Soon our neighbors turned on their rainbow sprinkler. Zachary wanted to play in their sprinkler, too. We like our neighbors, so I had Zachary go to their door to ask permission. Zachary and Madison loved going back and forth between the sprinklers. I saw a hot air ballon in the sky and told Zachary to come and look. As he approached me, he lost his footing in the wet grass and ran into a plastic utility post, head-on. He instantly started crying. As I checked him over, I realized that he managed to hit his forehead on the exact same spot of his current bruise. He almost spilt the skin this time. I think his forehead is going to be sore for awhile.

Growing Pains

It's not worth two marshmallows! Zachary declared he wanted two marshmallows for breakfast. It was taking me a bit longer to get breakfast ready for the kids. So, I told him he could have one before breakfast and the other one after breakfast. He took the marshmallow and threw it across the kitchen floor. Madison saw an opportunity and literally took it. This sent Zachary running to his room crying. As he approached his room, we heard a thud and a blood-curdling scream. He had slipped on a pair of pants outside his doorway and tripped head first into the door frame. As he sat on Lance's lap with an ice pack on his forehead, Zachary agreed it was not worth two marshmallows. We now know why they are called goose eggs. We look forward to reviewing our colors throughout the week.