Pains of Growing

The last month or so all 3 of our boys have been showing signs that they are growing. They are eating anything and everything they can get their hands on, and have been very tired. But there has been a few things I had forgotten were part of growing too. Clayton has spent many days on the couch groaning because of growing pains in his legs. Then of course the constant clumsiness. They have all been bumping into walls, more than normal, and tripping over their own 2 feet. In fact, in only 3 days Tanner gave himself a black eye, scraped the side of his face, skinned his elbow, skinned his knee, and then skinned his forehead. It was so pathetic, all I could do was give him loves as he hurt himself and laugh inside. It seems as if every few minutes I hear one of the boys complain of another bump, bruise or scrape. It has been entertaining, in a way, because we all end up laughing at the dinner table. As we talk about who did what today, instead of just the normal conversation of "Micheal, Clayton or Tanner learned this today," we have added, "check out this bruise," or "did you see what Tanners did to his face again," or "look what I did when I fell off of my bike." This is all terribly cute as I watch my 3 little boys grow up! I didn't realize how dangerous it would be. I hope they don't grow too much or we'll be in BIG trouble!