Catching Up

I'm taking the time to catch up on my blog. Now you see the adventure of a stay-at-home-mom is never easy. There is always SOMETHING to be done or something that you're neglecting (at the moment, it is the laundry). Sorry in advance for the random thoughts and I try to catch up. I'm also posting a preview to topics I'll be posting about in the near future (children willing). The topics are in no particular order!

• Sesame Street
• Cloth Diapers
• Traveling with 2 under 2
• No More Binky
• Yogurt and other Healthy Snacks
• Starting Solids
• Staying Sane
• Baby Gear and Gadgets
• First Fotos
• Cars
• Terrible Twos

And now for todays blog...

Once again, Cooper takes the majority of my thought in how to creatively discipline him at times where I would love to burst out laughing. He has gotten smarter at his old age (20 months) and he's learning how to do bad things and not get punished. We need to nip this in the bud or I think we'll have T-R-O-U-B-L-E on our hands as he gets older.

Now, we normally shut Cooper's door and leave it shut throughout the night as he is in a toddler bed and we're afraid that he'll wander. That night, we didn't shut his door per usual as the heat was not circulating well through his window (plus, I'm very nervous about leaving his window open and his door shut at the same time in a first floor bedroom). Anyhow... no big deal, right?

Jerry and I wake up in the morning and are laying in bed talking. Jer tells me that he hears something in the family room and we immediately know that it is Coop. Jer gets out of bed and goes to the family room where he tells me that I have to come and look. Well, here is what we found...

We've sinced learned that child locks on drawers do not always work. They are a pain the butt for us and obviously are no match for a curious toddler. He found a permanent marker and drew all over his body. I think the markings in his ear were the most creative spot he decided to 'decorate' himself. In the second photo, you can see where he becomes shy and knows that he did something he shouldn't have. I think that pulling out the camera immediately and taking pictures may have given him the wrong idea about what he did. When he does something he shouldn't, I really need to stop laughing my butt off and taking photos. I think he's sensing that this is how to make mommy laugh. While it does make me laugh, it makes me cringe thinking about how to clean up his inventive creations.

I've just realized that this is my second post about my little boy with something all over his body. This does NOT happen every day (unless you count mealtimes), but the once a month that this does happen is quite funny and unpreventable at the current time. There are so many things that as a parent, you think you are protecting your children from. You then realize that your chidlren are way smarter than you ever thought that they would be and you have to adjust your gameplan. Each day is a new day for your child to explore, learn, and create... while you chase them around and try to figure out how to stop them! I'm guessing that this is a lifetime sentence.