Trouble

Here we go again. I just got one little boy old enough to not be quite so destructive to my house, and now this little one is just getting started.

We have to lock him out of Carson’s room, or he will unload all of the books off of the bookshelf.

We had to move the barstools out to the garage because he kept knocking them over and hurting himself.

All bathroom doors have to stay shut, because he likes to fall into the tub.

He has broken two DVD players.

I had to move my plant to higher ground.

He has certainly gotten busy over the last few months.

It is a good thing he is so sweet and cute, it helps us tolerate all the mess he makes.

Is it all a phase???

So, I am hoping everyone is going to leave me a comment that says, "Yes, it is a phase in a few weeks he will be back to his sweet little self!"

If you are the mother of a boy, or a busy little girl that acts like my little boy, I have a question. A little while ago, the little man in my life was being such a good little boy. We were enjoying our time while his sisters were in school, he was being sweet, and I was thinking, "I made it! He is officially not a terrible 2 or 3 year old! Smooth sailing here we come!"

I guess I have not made it though. We seem to be slipping back into a serious naughty phase. Today, I found him in my living room, with a knife, chopping red onions and jalapenos. Yesterday, he was sitting on my couch, and I found him filling up a colander with ketchup. A couple of days ago, he put almost everything in the bathroom in the bathtub with him. (Including my old toilet brush, that I keep on hand in case I run out of the disposable stuff. That was a lovely mess. I had to throw away or clean everything again-including him!) So, as you can see the boy is really bored, or I am totally in for it again!

So I 'm asking- Does this naughtiness ever go away??

More Trouble!

The other day while I drying my hair, my little boy found one of these!!

As you can see, he is quite proud of himself!!

When I finished my hair, I walked down the hall, and he was opening and closing the door saying "It Works!" It took me a minute to realize why he would even care. Then I realized he had used his handy dandy screwdriver to remove these plates from the door frames, and he was happy the door still worked!

I was able to catch him after he had only taken two off, so I took his little tool away! Why does my little boy find the need to take my house apart???

Boys will be Boys!

The day before school stared, my sweet mom invited us to go have a picnic lunch at Freeman Park. My Dad works close by, so he came over and had lunch with us.

Carson and my Dad went for a walk down by the river, and when they came back, they told the girls there was something neat they needed to go look at down by the river. So after we finished our lunches, we walked down by the river, and in some rocks, we saw a pool of water with millions of little minnows swimming in it!

My Dad being the good grandpa he is, was down on his knees trying to catch a minnow for the kids to see, when Morgan noticed a water snake was almost crawling up his pant leg. Carson was really excited. We watched it swim around in the water, and then it came over right by us again, and Carson really wanted to "Get IT!"

So Grandpa caught it, and I thought my boy would be a little nervous (his genetics-from his Father-show that he should HATE snakes!) but he was so excited. He only touched it at first, and would laugh his head off, and then we let him hold it by himself! It is so funny, after my two girls, to see a boy be such a little boy!

I of course forgot my camers, but my Mom took this one from her cell phone.

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T.R.O.U.B.L.E.

Even though the weather wasn't fantastic, the wind did slow down enough to let us go out and play a bit! Aaron was playing softball with the girls, (getting them ready for games tomarrow) and Carson was a little bored until he found this little toy in Grandpa's garage! I was trying to get a picture of him, without soaking my camera. He thought it was hysterical.

Here he is going after Grandma sitting inside the house. The door was open, and he definetly got water inside the house. We are really trying to teach him that you can only squirt water guns outside, but I am convinced he only listens to me when he likes what he is hearing!
The only way we were able to distract him was to send him off to squirt Daddy and his sisters! He thought is was so much fun till Morgan stole the squirt gun and sprayed him back. He did not find that part quite so funny!