Recently, my kids and I were visiting a friend and her family at their home. My friend has a huge backyard with enough toys and attractions to charge admission. Her backyard sports a swing set, little area to play basketball, a trampoline, pool, and a bunch of fun ride on kid toys and tricycles. I supposed with five boys you need a lot of home entertainment to keep them occupied. My children were thrilled to spend time at this play land with wonderful friends. Our experience was made even sweeter by the hosting family. The children are well behaved and the parents are enjoyable company. Just ask my kids. Well, expect for my two year old who has a slight problem with the man of the house.
My little girl took issue with how my friend’s husband treated her brother. My son is 11 years old and the family has two boys around the same age. My friend’s husband playfully threw all the boys in the whopping four foot pool. The boys did not protest and simply continued to throw a football in the pool. Yet, my two year old would not stand for someone throwing her big brother in a pool. With the strength of a mom lifting a car to save her child, my little one dragged the pool ladder (which was removed after the small children were finished in the pool for safety) to the pool. We all watched puzzled and wondered if she simply wanted to join her brother. As began her climb my oldest daughter ran over to be sure she did not enter the pool prematurely. From a distance all one saw was a little girl looking very concerned talking to her brother in the pool. I was told she said, “I want to talk to Aaron. Aaron are you okay? Do you need to get out?”
On a mission, she went to find the one who threw her brother mercilessly in the pool. This tiny little girl walks up to this grown man with finger pointing and angrily says “You don’t throw Aaron in pool. Get Aaron out of pool now.” She then ran up to me with thumb in her mouth signifying that was all the courage she would muster up for one day.