right before she fell
Feb 11th, 2009 by jenzug
To clarify, the fall came as she was arguing with me about quitting her task. When she’s got her wits about her, she’s a very careful kid. I’ve never had to worry about her on play equipment or anything – she’s always had a steady foot.
But on this particular occasion she whined about quitting her task, and I insisted she finish the job she started. She screamed at me and tried to quickly get down (read: run away in mid air), and ended up bouncing off a few drawers on her way down.
She managed to bruise only her ego, and I had the opportunity to explain why things don’t always go well for her.
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Ahhh, outside of the “circle of blessing” . . . well, I hope she didn’t yell various obscenities on the way down to the floor as I would.