Experiment

 Awhile back my grandpa sent me an email about cooler corn. Basically you put ears of corn in a cooler and then cover it with boiling water. Close the lid and in 30 minutes you have perfectly cooked corn that stays hot in the cooler. This is great to try unless you have a son named Tripp. He did what he does best-ignore his mama. He got up on top of my cooler and jumped off of it -knocking it over. The boiling water went all over the floor. It came towards me(barefoot), I screamed and jumped out of the water (no burns). I then ran to Deko and threw him on the couch -somehow he was standing in the right spot. The boiling water went around him on both sides. Then I picked up my screaming Trippy who was wearing ankle socks, and ran him to the sink and filled it up with cold water. His socks held the water on his skin -giving him 2nd degree burns around his ankle. And the poor guy has enormous blisters.

I took him to a clinic and the doctor there thought it might be a 3rd degree burn since he hadn't been complaining about pain -the second day after he was burned. She thought there might be nerve damage. She then told me to take him to the emergency room of a big hospital. I took him to the hospital and he got to sit in a bed and watch cartoons until the doctor came to look at him. He told me it was only 1st and 2nd degree burns. Wow, thanks for that waste of time.

Tripp did really well while everyone examined his ankle and I thought he needed an "owie present." We went to the store and this is what he picked out. He's been wearing it nonstop ever since.

Maybe, just maybe this kid will start listening to me when I tell him not to do something. We'll see.