Jameson knows most of his body parts. I am told he was frequently used as the model in nursery before we moved, because of this talent. It usually comes in quite handy. He comes in and asks for kisses on his toe, or head, or fingers after he’s hurt himself. (Kisses really do make things all better.) His knowledge came in quite handy a week ago, when I was gone, and Kevin was home with him. Jameson has started playing in the drawer with the spatulas. Kevin didn’t think it was a problem, not knowing I had some knives in that drawer that don’t fit in the holder on the counter. Well next thing Kevin knows, he hears a thud, and then Jameson screaming.

Kevin came around the corner to find Jameson standing in the kitchen with knives on the floor, blood, and Jameson crying. In my defense, the knives did have covers over the blades. Kevin scooped him up and asked where it hurt. Jameson pointed and told him, “My toe!” Sure enough, his toe was cut. Kevin checked for any where else, and couldn’t find anything. He asked Jameson again, where else it hurt. He just kept saying his toe hurt.

Thank goodness, that was all that was cut. He sliced the bottom of his toe when he turned to run out of the kitchen. It’s all healed up now, and looks good thanks to Dr. Kevin. It still didn’t slow him down, though. The next day he was running around like nothing happened, although, his sock was a little bloody when we took his shoes off.

Now for the funny part. It pays that he knows his body parts, but I guess we’ve overlooked a few. Today he went running down the stairs, had socks on, so slipped and fell on his butt. He came back up the stairs and told me, “Mom, I hurt my poop. You kiss it?” (He was also holding his butt.)  After trying to figure out what he was talking about, I asked him, “Did you fall?”

His answer,”Uh, huh. I hurt my poop.”

Me, “Did you fall on the stairs and hurt your bum?”

Him, “Uh huh.”

So after laughing, and telling him he hurt his bum not his poop, we attended to the sore spot. I guess we have a few more body parts to cover.

P.S. The knives are no longer in the drawer. They have been moved to higher ground.