Normally I try to be flippant but as a father, it’s my duty to embarass my boys. Corwin was a very good boy during Charles’ little adventure this morning. He reacted immediately to Charles falling in and came over to help. As noted, he helped me to get Charles back up on shore and stable. Once Charles was up and away from the bank, Corwin said to me “you stay here - I’ll get Mom”. Of course, I was neck deep in water at the time but still it was a good thought. He managed to retrieve Mom without getting lost, which was very helpful (Mom heard us yelling but because of bad echoes didn’t think it was us). Corwin was quite level headed during the entire event, which was much appreciated by Dad.
While we were drying out I tried to tell Mimi about Corwin being so good but he gave me a scowling “why are you embarassing me?” look so I stopped. It would be nice to be able to praise Corwin as easily as I admonish him, but he seems to find the latter more irritating than the former. Maybe I should say nice things about bad stuff he does…