Big boys don't cry

Today at school Todd played with Gavin, an older kid he hangs out with frequently. As boys often do, their play got a bit too rough, and Gavin ended up shoving Todd, causing him to fall on his butt, and hit his head on the ground.

When I arrived to pick him up, he was still in tears, sitting with the teacher, who was holding a bag of ice to his head.

Now-- you know how resilient and "hard-headed" (in the literal sense!) Todd can be, so it must have been a pretty hard bump to cause him to cry!

Later on, after recapping the day's events, he pointed out his thoughts on head bumps:

"No, I'm a big boy now. I don't cry-- I use ice!"