I should know better

I'm the mom, so I'm the one who's supposed to say "someone's going to get hurt!" But tonight, Archer and I were playing, and even though I THOUGHT that phrase in my head, I didn't say it out loud. And I didn't quit the game. And sure enough, someone got hurt.

Archer was running around me in circles, and then I would randomly stick my leg out and trip him and he'd fall down - hard. But when I quit he got upset and told me to stick my leg out when he ran past. And when I didn't, he taunted me. "You missed me! You didn't get me!" We were laughing and having a good time until... someone got hurt. I stuck my leg out, he fell harder than before and immediately started screaming "You hurt me! Owie!!!!" I knew he wasn't exaggerating, either, I could see he landed wrong on his hand. I just couldn't figure out if he had any broken bones because he wouldn't say if it was his wrist or his fingers or what. And so, I took the wait and see approach, which worked out ok because five minutes later he was perfectly fine.

Now before you lecture me about being more responsible, or being more careful because I'm the older/bigger/more mature one, let me just say this. SOMEONE needs to rough-house with the kids to toughen them up. (Oh wait, who do I sound like? Toughen them up?)

Let's try this again - If I get him going, running around like that, he burns up lots of energy so I can get him to bed earlier. (Ok, so there's better ways to burn energy than injuring him.)

Alright, the truth. I like playing rough with him, its fun to roll around and get physical and let him ride on my back playing horsey horsey. I like playing with the Nerf guns. And I can't wait until the two kids are old enough so I can start buying Legos. For them. Really, for the kids, cause I know they'll like them lots. And then I can show them all the cool stuff they can build with Legos, and I can build stuff, and have fun with them...

How come no one tells you that one of the fun parts about having kids is acting like a kid? Rolling around on the floor, playing hide and seek, playing with their toys. Bring on the Legos!