Keeping peace

We've been spending a time with a 2-1/2 year old friend of Malcolm's lately, including a few sleepovers this week while her parents have been fixing up their new house. One evening as we were all playing on our living room floor, Camille started to ask for her Mama. She wasn't comforted by hearing that Mama would be back soon, and it looked like things were about to escalate into extreme sadness. Malcolm turned to Dad and said with a sense of urgency, "Hank, we have a problem."