What a Day

Anyone with children will agree that kids grow fast, and if you get too wrapped up in the day to day of obligations and jobs, you miss so much. But then there are some days that you live and wonder "Am I going to make it?" Today Team Freeman experienced the "Man Down" disease. During naptime, 3 year old Chloe injured her gum by slamming her mouth onto the foot of her bed. Covered in blood and screaming, we cleaned her up and cuddled her sobbing body for hours, waiting for the pain to subside.

Finally Chloe got it together and was ready to play. It didn't take long for her to forget the pain, especially when Reef came into the picture. Chloe was playing behind their playhouse when Reef came to the door, smiles abounding. Then the world slowed down, seconds turned

to minutes as Chloe yelled "NO!" and slammed the door literally in Reef's innocent face. Reef cried in pain, a large, black hill appearing on his forehead.

It took 10 minutes of ice and cuddling to stop the tears and another 10 for Reef not to be afraid of Chloe's apology..."Are we going to make it?"

Parenting is a daily adventure and while most days you sit and catalogue every movement and sound, there are others that you experience and learn from, that are emotional and unpredictable. The ones that you are proud to say "We made it!"