Why do I have blood on my shirt? Well, Trey had quite the learning experience this evening. It involved a hard plastic swing, Trey, and poor Tian!
Trey and Tian were playing outside in the sandbox as I was preparing for a family photo shoot. As I was cleaning my camera, I heard Tian scream in pain. I looked outside our window and saw Trey, standing behind the swinging hard plastic swing, and Tian standing in font of the swing. I knew exactly what had just happened, and I soon realized it wasn't just an accident.
I marched outside, escorted Trey to his bedroom, and then went back outside to pick up Tian. Not realizing how bad Tian was, I just about came unglued when I saw blood streaming out of Tian's mouth. I wanted Trey to see what he had caused, so, I took Tian into Trey's room and we all three sat on Trey's bed. At first, Trey didn't see the blood smeared on Tian' face (the mean mother that I am, I didn't wash Tian's face off until after showing Trey) but he soon caught a glimpse of Tian and screamed. He covered his eyes and said, "Get Tian away mom. He will cause me nightmares." I returned his request with an explanation of why we don't swing heavy objects in front of our little brothers because it will cause blood to stream out of their mouths. (At this point, Tian was just staring at Trey. He had stopped crying a long time ago and was wondering why Trey was upset!)
I then left Trey's room, went into the bathroom and cleaned off Tian's mouth. Tian was smiling, I was almost giggling, the mean, HARSH mother that I am, was secretly hoping, in my Love and Logic mind, that Trey would NEVER attempt to injure Tian again. Hoping the sight of Tian bleeding would be enough to scare Trey to keep Tian safe and not injure him. We will see how long THAT will last, huh?!
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