A continuation on destruction.

I think Parker took our FHE lesson on destruction a little too seriously. Over the last three days we have had four accidents. The first lesson (not learned); Parker running out in the street. I was getting ready to put Parker into the car one morning so we could go for a walk with Lindy and her girls. It was around 10:30 so the traffic in our apartment area was dead. Parker thought it would be funny to run away before I could get him in his seat. Parked just a few stalls down from our car was a truck that is very tall with big huge wheels. As Parker turned to laugh at me as he was running he slammed his head into the bumper of this huge truck, his feet flying out from under him. He cried and I explained that's why you don't run into the street. I thought he would have remembered....
The next day Lincoln, Parker and I went to the local grocery store. My first mistake was getting Parker out of his seat before getting Lincoln out. Parker took off running in the parking lot, where I knew there would be more cars around. I ran after him, trying to hold Lincoln at the same time. Parker ran in the cart return area, no carts, he turned to laugh again this time running into the bar that catches the carts. Perhaps I should teach him to watch where he is going or not to laugh at his mom. I once again explained that it was bad to run into the street. He held my hand all the way into the store, and back out. Hopefully the lesson has been taught.
At home today Parker was playing with Lincoln's barn toy. I can't really explain, so you'll just have to watch.


Today we decided to hang out around our apartment. Parker was pulling his new backpack along the sidewalk. I turned to look and see Parker trip hitting his face on the cement. Ouch! I thought he hit his mouth, turns out it was his entire nose. Luckily, for now, it was only a scratch with a little bleeding. He seemed to be good after some loving care. The picture below is kind of hard to tell, the scratch just looks a little like a sunburn now.

I have now learned that we need to hold off on the lessons about destruction. I also think I should have tried to teach Parker to watch where he is going if he decides to take off. Needless to say, I have smiled a lot throughout the week.