Is that a bag of chocolate chips in your shower?

Why yes, yes it is.



"How would such a thing come to be?" you may ask. Well, it all starts with having a toddler!

Last week I decided to "treat" myself and take a shower...during the day. You know, so I'd feel human. Greyson was watching Mighty Machines (Thank you Canada for this show! Also, your snow removal system seems really effective, as does the mass transit system. Good job!) so I brought Amelia into the bathroom, set her in the boppy and I started my shower.

Mid hair-wash I hear "Mom, open these!" I pull back the curtain to see Greyson holding said bag of chocolate chips. Sigh. I told him "No, we don't eat chocolate chips at 9am" and I took them from him. Having really no where else to place them that his grabby hands couldn't reach, the chocolate chips made their home in the shower to be forgotten about until the next morning when Michael took a shower. Oops.

The real problem is that Greyson can open the freezer. I've had to take away chocolate chips, popsicles, a bottle of vodka (from our wedding - nearly 5 years ago), once I even caught him in the middle of the floor with the "family sized" bucket of ice cream!

I think we need a lock.

Oh, Cheese and Crackers!

So the other day in the car Michael and I were talking about how we need new curse words because Greyson repeats EVERYTHING we say these days. We started saying "Oh, Cheese and Crackers" and "Oh, Barnacles" - just testing things out. Then from the back seat we hear a giggle and a "Oh, Cheese and Crackers". Greyson then went on to say "Oh, Fruit Snacks", "Oh, Graham Cracker", and "Oh" just about everything he loves in life all while laughing.

He continued to do this at Grandma and Grandpa's house, cracking us all up in the process. He's even started banging his little hand on the table when he says it. "Oh, Barnacles" makes him laugh every time!

Today he was sitting in the living room playing with cars as I made dinner and I hear him start giggling, followed by "Oh, Fruit Snacks".

We may have created a monster, but a cute and funny one!

I was almost stabbed today

Or how Greyson got his Learning Tower taken away.

This summer we bought Greyson a Learning Tower. It's basically a big, sturdy step-stool and it has been a big hit.

Greyson can help with dishes (aka: play in the sink),


And he can color at the counter while I make dinner,


Or help me make us snacks. (Sadly these "Banana Pockets" were disgusting.)

It's nice that he can be at "adult height" or close to it. He likes it, heck, I liked it. Until he figured out that he push the tower across the room himself to get into things. It is normally kept in near the far window (see coloring photo) but lately he's been pushing it across the room to the fridge so he can play with the magnets. This isn't terrible, but it's not ideal. Other times he pushes the tower to the sink and turns on the water. Messy, but not really bad either.

Today, however, while I was trying to do dishes he pushes the tower up the counter behind me. "Fine." I think and for awhile he is happily playing with a Kleenex box and the Salt and Pepper shakers. Then it gets quite.

Silence is like a blaring alarm to me, nothing good comes from Greyson and silence - nothing. I turn around and come millimeters from being stabbed in the stomach. He had shimmied up on to the tower cross bar (feet in the air) and grabbed a knife from the knife block. Then he stood back up and pointed at me. I think he thought he was giving it to me, but he came really close to "giving it to me". And how do you explain that at the ER? "My 1 year old stabbed me." Yea, like that isn't going to raise some red flags.

Luckily I wasn't stabbed, but just to be safe the Learning Tower is going away for a little while.

Why Having a Toddler Is Like Being At A Frat Party.

I found a link to this blog where a mom posted 10 reasons why having a toddler is like being at a frat party and it was too good not to share. Here is her list.

Now here are mine:

1) Someone is always trying to put their hand down your shirt

2) You've stepped in pee, sighed and moved on, because it's just pee and it could be so much worse.

3) Someone is always taking their pants off

4) You are bound to find someone alseep in the bathroom

5) You're not really surprised when the question, "what's that stuff on your shirt?" is answered with, "someone else's vomit".


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