Ice! Cars!

A few weeks ago Sam bumped his head in a tumble down the stairs. He survived just fine (phew!), but I wanted to avoid a big goose egg between his eyebrows, so I told him we had to ice his owie. In order to sweeten the deal (normally icing lasts about 20 seconds with a toddler), I said we could watch the movie Cars while his forehead was being iced. I made it clear, though, that if the ice came off, the movie went off to. Well, we iced for 20 minutes! He was enthralled with the movie and decided anything was worth enduring to watch. This week he made me laugh because several times he's gotten small owies which are followed by a request for ice and then a request to watch Cars. Apparently he remembered the treat he got and is looking for opportunities to get it again. Too funny.