HOT!!

Nicholas was spending Saturday morning "helping" Papa in the yard. Joseph had to mow the lawn and had explained to Nicholas at least 5 times not to touch the lawn mower. Of course the moment Joseph was distracted, Nicholas ran and touched the hot lawn mower. Joseph ran cold hose water on his hand as soon as he heard Nicholas cry out. Luckily, Nicholas was smart enough not to touch it for that long. He was very upset until noon. We convinced him to play in the bathtub with the cold water running on his hand. He kept on crying and saying, "HOT!" We also got him some Tylenol and some Aloe Vera. (We told him that the Aloe Vera was hand sanitizer, which he LOVES using.) He then asked to go to his crib. It is his little happy place. He laid down and watch the WHOLE movie of Beauty and the Beast with his puppies. (That was a small miracle. This boy won't watch more than 15 minutes of a movie at a time.) After that, he was back to his usual self. He doesn't even favor his other hand. We hope he learned an important lesson that will save him from future accidents, but we hated watching him go through the pain associated with this lesson. The picture is of his hand this morning.