Parker Swallowed A Penny, originally uploaded by tigerpaw511.

The other night Parker turned to Lena and I, red faced and clutching his throat. I don’t think I need to go into the details as to how that made us feel. But we “freaked”. The good news was he was able to cry and sort of talk so I knew his airway was not completely obstructed. After a moment he seemed fine and we asked him what had happened. We got his confession that he swallowed “some coins”. Fortunately it was a single penny and he added that “it hurt a little after I swallowed it”. That must have been during the whole throat clutching episode.

We took him to the local ER where they took the X-ray. The penny had already moved to his lower intestine so nothing more to worry about really. The tongue…that’s classic Parker.

Parker is so happy when he gets to play tennis – just look at the happiness in his face – pure joy even though I think it was over 90 degrees that day.

Kids find pure joy in the littlest things, live in the moment, don’t hold grudges…..I know us adults have responsibilities, but shouldn’t we be able to do the same – we should try and learn from our kids that it’s about the moment, the moment that you have this very second. Life is way too short to be missing out on those special moments because we’re too worried about the past…and the future.

The other day I dropped Parker off at school.  The drop off didn’t go very well…..he cried when I was about to leave and held onto me.  The teacher had to come over and get him so I could leave.  Those kind of drop offs are ohhh so hard, even though I know the minute I leave he is perfectly fine.  But all us moms know how hard it can be……..

When I picked Parker up from school, I asked him:

“why did you cry when I left this morning”

Parker said -

“mom, it sucks when you leave”

I think that pretty much summed it up.   I didn’t even say anything about the “bad word” because sometimes in life using “bad words” may be the only way to describe something.

Love you buddy.

Big Smile, originally uploaded by tigerpaw511.

Jon was all smiles this morning knowing it was his party day. We had a small family only gathering to celebrate Jon turning two. We love you Jon, happy birthday.