05 January 2010

She's Good

The other day, my 3-year old daughter catapulted herself through the kitchen and collided with the doorjamb. Her head, her shoulder, her hip all hit, and hit hard.

I held my breath.

I waited.

She teetered, stunned, for a minute.

Time stood still.

Then she turned to me, flashed a 1000-kilowatt smile, put her hands up, palms forward and said: "I'm good!" She then dashed off to resume the catapulting.

Thank you, Pepsi Max.



Apparently, 3-year old girls can take anything too.


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2 comments:

Homemaker Man said...

Can I ask, did it knock the poop out of her and straight into the potty, hopefully?

And I'll Raise You 5 said...

Hmmm, no it did not. but you've given me an idea for another strategy for potty training her. Scare the shit out of her. I'm ready to try just about anything.

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