Michelle and I haven't let Cameron (or Nate) have soft drinks. We don't
think they need that much sugar so young. We've told Cameron he was
allowed to have some on his third birthday. We gave him maybe a quarter
of a can with his dinner. His brother wanted to have pop too, so we
gave him some plain soda water – comes from a can and has bubbles – but
no sugar. He is off camera and doesn't like it 
Okay – to explain the previous images of Nate's eye and how he managed to give himself a shiner.
We were at the Mall and the boys were being pretty good, so Michelle thought it would be nice if they got a treat. On the way out she thought it would be nice if they had a ride on the coin operated rides. The rides are located on a raised platform in the middle of the mall hallway.
When Mic mentioned it to the boys, they ran for the rides in excitement. Nate either missed the step, or completely ignored it. Either way – he tripped over the edge and landed face-first on the platform. He let out an immediate scream and by the time I got to him his eye had already swelled to the size of a small marble.
Now… to settle a personal argument… the size of the platform…
