anthony's 1st boo-boo

ok, well, not actually the first boo-boo, but john said the others didn't count because a real boo-boo produces blood...which this one did. anthony gets in these moods where he just floats around in his own little world oblivious to what's going on around him. this was one of those days as he got out of the car and was walking towards the house and just fell over...out of no where on a sidewalk he's walked on a million times. knowing how he is i turned around and told him to "get up and shake it off - you're a big boy"...well he stood up and that's when i noticed the blood. how a child can fall straight down and yet skin his knee like he was dragged across a cement walkway i'll never know. but instantly i felt like a horrible mama and scooped him up to run in the house to play nurse! he sat like such a good boy on the toilet as i cleaned out the boo-boo with water and then hydrogen-peroxide (he barely winced - what a big boy!) and then topped it off with some first-aid cream and a sesame street bandaid. my memories of being little and sitting in the bathroom at orchard court flooded back...it's funny how as i experience these things with anthony, it takes me back to my childhood days but now suddenly i was the reassuring mom making everything better!