Mama said there would be days like this

If I say it once a day, I say it about fifty times.... Peanut's new room is HER room, not SweetPea's. Which means, SweetPea should NOT enter Peanut's room without permission. Does this mean that she listens? No, mainly because she is three but also because she is used to sharing a room with Peanut. Also, because the room that is now Peanut's used to be the boys' shared room and SweetPea wandered in there whenever she wanted.

Then again, I also say many, many, many times over the course of the day to pick things up... do not keep things in your room that shouldn't be in there... and if its something dangerous (by my terms), please keep it out of the reach of the littles.

But that didn't stop SweetPea from entering Peanut's room while I was cleaning up from lunch. It didn't stop SweetPea from attempting to use wooden shelves (that we have long since thrown out the bookcase that they went to) to create a "fort" for PorkChop. And it didn't stop SweetPea from dropping one of said shelves right on her big toe.....

first boo boo of the year

It was scary at first, for the both of us. Hearing a loud thump, hearing SweetPea start weeping, then sobbing, then screaming and NOT seeing her appear was scary. Running down the hall to see her sitting on her sister's bedroom floor, rocking back and forth and holding her foot was bad. Watching blood seep through her tights and knowing that, because she refused to take off her leotard/tights combo from the night before, that I would have to remove ALL her clothing to see what happened was bad too. 

Thankfully, she missed her toenail by less than an 1/8 of an inch. She did manage to break the skin right under by blunt force but it was minor, all things considered. For quite a bit, we worried that she might have broken her toe. SweetPea just sobbed the entire time "Will I EVER be able to dance again?!" and no amount of soothing words would convince her that yes, she would probably be back on her feet before her next class.

Liquid advil to reduce the pain and swelling, ice and elevation too, and a good  nap (which she sorely needed), did wonders though. The same child that couldn't bend her toe or walk on her foot at all before her nap at 1pm was stomping through the house after being told to help clean her room at 7pm. 

Will this stop her from entering her sister's room? Probably not. Will it give her pause before doing something "fun" that she knows that she probably shouldn't do or at least, ask first? I doubt it. But she's young and in charge of her own person and she got lucky today. Thank you, Guardian Angel, for watching out for my little Grace once again.