A Perfect Day. Except...

...The series of unfortunate events.

Yeah, you know when you try your hardest to make a day perfect but no matter your efforts, the universe seems to have other plans?... Even going as far as making your kid get their first bloody nose? THAT.

So, our day began with a family grocery trip early in the morning. She had a mini meltdown, which in reality is no biggie. I mean, meltdowns are a daily thing anyways. Next up? Daddy left for work. I had a super fun idea to take Leah's new bike to the library. Which, of course, included a whole lot of terrible steering on her part, and achy arms for Ma {where would I be without you push bar?}. I think its so cute seeing little chairs and colorful keyboards for the little people. Leah always asks to play the Dora and Elmo game. So, we do. She plays bingo and matches her colours, animals or shapes. I usually get way too excited and we end up with an audience. Heh.
After that, we continued on to the park. Pictures were taken. We swing. We slide. We run. We sand...castle. Tons of fun, right? Truly...it was. At this point anyways. An hour and a half later I asked if she wanted to ride her bike to the river. She said "OK. Bye park." Off we went. Again with the terrible steering {she'll get it eventually, right? Haha}. Minutes before we got home I noticed Leah stopped steering, well...stopped trying anyways. I went in front of her and realized SHE WAS ASLEEP! And that, my dear child is what happens when you wake up 2 hours before your suppose to.

Anyways, we get home...got some lunch and a couple hours later walked down to the river. Bucket, blanket, and camera in hand. Thankfully, just behind our parking lot there is a small trail that leads down to the perfect spot to sit and dabble. Just 5 minutes after getting all comfortable, Leah decided to dump the remaining small rocks in her bucket into the water. While doing so, she slipped. And with a small splash she fell into the cold but {thankfully} shallow water. I jumped up as soon as I saw it coming. I wasn't worried that she was hurt because she fell just at the edge. As she sat there the funniest look came over her face. Shock, surprise, questions. She got a little fright. Off we went to get her changed. And you know, being two and all, she had to show me what its all about. Major freak out of the day. We did make it back to the river. Eventually.
This is where it gets juicy.
We usually let her do her little exploring thing, because although she curious, she's careful. Most of the time. Well, she didn't have to go far to make this time by the river more perfect (enter sarcasm). She was just behind me and beside a small bush of leaf-less branches when I heard her whine just the tiniest bit and say "ouch." I turned to look and she was getting up off the ground, from what looked to be a fall. Then, I saw it. The slimy, wet red. Smeared and dripping from her nose. Because I was SO prepared (not.) I conveniently had to use my cardigan to clean her up. Thankfully its a dark brown so I think I'll be okay. Oh....right, my child. She's okay too. It didn't bleed much at all. I think she just nicked it on a branch while falling. Less than 5 minutes later she was off playing again.

She even picked me a beautiful weed. A "fower". She sweetly said "Mama. Fower. Here take!" So...I gratefully took it and smiled lovingly at my thoughtful little two-year-old.

Other than the unfortunate events... it was, a perfect day of mommy and her girl, together. Happy.