I can’t count the number of times I say that to Nicholas every day. It’s not that he’s overly clumsy, he just gets so wrapped up in whatever he’s doing that he sometimes forgets other things, like walking and not running into walls. I can’t stand to see him get hurt, but I know its just part of being a little boy.

Today he was playing on a rocking horse. Once I got him settled in, I walked a few feet away and stood on a little concrete slab to watch him. He looked up from riding and said to me, “you be careful, don’t fall and break yourself”. OK son, thanks for the reminder.

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