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*A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014.*

Matteo: Your new habit when you get a boo boo (and sadly, this tends to happen at least once or twice a day, since you just never stop running and climbing, and slipping and sliding) is to cry out "IIIIce!  Ice!  Ieeeece!" with great urgency.  It is clear that ice is essential.  and Stat.  This little drama plays out while you cling tearfully to my neck or shoulder, as if to confirm that ice and hugs are the only acceptable remedies for boo boos, which seems pretty reasonable to me.