Me, gently teasing the grandboy after he decided to race me (while I was walking) and did a chest-plant on the grass:<\/p>\n
“Hey boy, why you fallin down like that? What are you doin down there?”<\/p>\n
Littleun, in true form: “Ha gwumpa I fall because I run fast. You can’t fall down because you swooooow”<\/p>\n
And then, the final victory dance: “Na nanny boo-boo…”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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