As many a parent can attest, children will completely destroy your house. Do not buy expensive irreplaceable furnishings. Your progeny will jump on it, puke on it, throw it down the stairs, pee on it, kick it, throw it, burn it and so on.
We have officially experienced it firsthand.
We have had a gate in front of Bubbalu's doorway for a few months. He had been doing superb with staying in bed to sleep, so I STUPIDLY took it down. I thought he had matured into a sensible slumbering toddler. (Enter thematic appropriately suspenseful and foreshadowing music : Dum dum DUM...)
The evidence gallery:
Beautiful, no? And there's more:
He is a strong boy, my son. He etched into the wood as shown here:
I read somewhere that being able to draw loop-de-loops was a developmental milestone.
I am PLEASED as punch to announce that he has met this milestone:
I like the angle of this shot...very artistic:
Remember the post that talks about him getting up too early?
And wandering around the house unsupervised?
And why there is a sizable gate blocking his doorway?
Yeah, this is why.
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On Saturday I all but threw the kiddos at my husband and tore out of the house. It had been a looooong week full of snotty noses and whiny people (especially me). I needed a break.
I called my sister and cajoled her into driving to town and attend the pancake breakfast fundraiser with me.
It was embarrassing how excited I was to get out and eat some pancakes.
And they were good. Mostly because I didn't have to wrack my brain to come up with a meal idea, mix and make them, convince a stubborn 30lb boy to eat them, wash a syrupy face and fingers, scrub everything the syrupy face and fingers touched before I could wash them and then clean up the whole shebang. Drips of syrup on the table. Excess Bisquick that flew out of the box when I set it on the counter. Chunks of pancakes that my toddler thoughtfully donated to the floor.
I sat and savored my freedom pancakes and with a commendable show of restraint resisted going back for more.
My self control is admirable.
We continued in the 'moderation is best' theme of the day by eating cheesy chicken and rice nachos, homemade french fries, beer battered coconut shrimp and margaritas for dinner.
I restrained going back for thirds.
See? Admirable self control...
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As you can see, we have some tweaking and tinkering going on here at the blog. New three column design and some other design changes. Huge shoutout to my wonderful e-friend Moriah at Please Pass The Salt for helping me. Thanks girlfriend! Go on over and check her out.
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