It's Like Having A Dog

 

 Families who have dogs can sometimes get tripped by those dogs. Don't believe me? Look it up on Youtube. I have been tripped by other people's dogs before. 

Lately I have been having this issue in my own home. By who? The littlest one we have.

When you have a small baby or toddler you are very careful not to step on them because you are really heavy and they are really fragile. But when your baby is almost seven years old you don't expect to step on them or trip over them. So you don't usually worry about it. And an almost seven year old moves super fast. They can go from a safe place to under your feet in no time!

But why would they do this? Here is the example of what happened today...

Athena was sitting down showing me her scrapped up knees that needed bandaids. She was crying and I expected her to stay in one place as I go get her bandaids. But then her brother started looking for the tv remote. And lately Athen freaks out when anyone looks for the tv remote. She claims it. She wants it to be her turn to watch tv all the time. 

When she realized Tiberias was going to watch tv she cried out "No! I was going to watch tv!" Even though she had just been outside playing and was planning to go back out with bandaids on.

And as she shrieked these words in a whiny tone she moved right into my path. I tripped over her midsection and landed on the hard floor on my arms. The landing wasn't too rough except that my pinky was bent on the nearby bench during the fall. 

My check gently pressed against the cold floor as my fall came to an end. 

The front door was open and Athena's friend Kailen watched the whole thing. Sterling was also in eyeshot...in the kitchen. Although he didn't really see it. He didn't know what had happened.

Darn girl! She has tripped me probably three times in the last month! Although this was the first time I fell all the way down...laying on the floor on my face! Difficult girl.

The kids didn't fight anymore about the tv after that incident. I'm not sure what happened. Maybe Athena went outside and forgot about the tv and Ty was able to watch in peace.