Fat Lip

So you may have noticed in my last post that Jace has a bruised lip.  Last Sunday, he was doing his usual acrobatic tricks on his ride-on zebra when he fell and smacked the back of his head on the corner of the window sill and bit his lip at the same time.  He had a big scratch on the back of his head which drew a little blood, but his lip was instantly gushing with blood and puffed up and turned purple.  I was right there with him, but felt horrible that I didn't catch him or stop it from happening... so I spent the next two days trying to make up for it!

Fat lip... I felt so bad...

...so I baked him peach cobbler...

... and let him have too much...

... and encouraged a long phone call with his cousin...

... and set up a Little People paradise in the living room...

... and let him watch TV, just a little too close...

... and didn't say anything about those fingerprints...

... and let him choose who's shoes he got to wear...

... and let him eat too many Flowertown Festival fries...

... and gladly handed over my lemon and ice cubes...

... and got him his own special extra mild salsa so
he could be just like mama and dada...

But, then his purple lip starting looking better, and the mom guilt went away... and I realized those are just typical Jace days.  He always gets encouraged to make a mess of toys and tiny finger prints, eat treats when we do, and have fun everyday... and I refuse to call it "spoiling" because he deserves it.  :)