Our Child, The Escapist

Since we have moved to our new home, Noah has found it freeing to escape from the house.  This is extremely unsatisfying for Steven and I, as his parents.  We have two doors he can leave on the ground, and a sliding deck door off of our bedroom.  We bought numerous walk-through gates that are extremely sturdy and well put together.....and.....this is what we are looking at...

Noah has figured out how to get through the new gates....that are in multiple places trying to stop him from going places on his own.  He also knows how to unlock the sliding glass doors, so he can get onto the upper deck, and outside downstairs.  (We do not think he knows how to remove the key and stick from the glass doors....but he probably does)  So, unless the stick is down he gets out that way.  As for the front door, you have the usual door knob and then a dead bolt.  He takes a stool or a kitchen chair, grab the keys from the key bowl, and unlock the door.

Well, after numerous occasions, we knew we had to solve this problem.  Give him one minute to himself and he is gone.  Parents can't go potty, shower, sleep, run quickly upstairs while he is downstairs to grab something....no....because our son can escape our house in less than a minute.  So, we bought a chain lock to put at the top of the door and installed that yesterday.

Guess what.....??????

This morning Noah grabs the keys, and goes to escape....realizes there is an extra lock that he cannot reach.  So, Noah, 2.5 years old, pulls the door so hard that the lock comes out of the wall.  He escaped, and had both car doors open and had moved all sorts of stuff around....All while I was going to the bathroom.

The next solution...we are unsure.  Steven is going to home depot today to talk to them about the situation to see what we can do.  This is getting quite absurd and extremely unsafe for our little one.  He could have driven away today if he really wanted to.  He is quite smart and strong...don't you dare underestimate him Mommy...Daddy....or anyone else!

I know being a parents includes taking our child everywhere, but he used to be able to be left in the living room for one second, now...he cannot.

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Smurfette

You all may think smurfs are great and oh so adorable....but The Smurfs actually have special meaning to me.

Here goes the story....

Now a boy named Tommy Frossard owes me $1,000 because he bet me in the 4th grade that this wasn't true....still haven't seen a penny!

The day I was being born, I decided I just couldn't way to go to the bathroom....so it slipped on my way out.  This made me a meconium baby.  Click Here for more info on that...  Basically, I suffocated myself in my own poo :(  Well....when I came out, I was BLUE!  I also had blonde hair....my father, the funny man that he is, literally suggested that I be named SMURFETTE.

So, since the day I was born, Smurfette, has been a nickname of mine.

So, now that an actual smurf movie is out....I can put this story out there once again :)

I feel so special....too bad Mom wouldn't let Dad actually put Smurfette on the birth certificate!  HAHAHAHA

The Joys of Being a Parent

This is a MUST READ!!!!!

A few days ago Steven, Noah, and I were in Golden Coral for dinner.  Steven told me he was going to the bathroom so I kindly asked him to take Noah with him.  Noah gladly followed Daddy into the bathroom....now...Steven is in the process of sitting on the toilet and Noah is busy unraveling toilet paper....until the next moment.....Noah unlocks the door and swings it open.....

Daddy.....blank stare..........

The Man standing in front of the open door......blank stare.....

Steven......"Hey, how ya doin'?"

The Man...."haha, kids"

Then Steven comes out with Noah with a huge smile on his face back to the table.  I then hear this wonderful story of how Noah opened the bathroom door wide open while Daddy was busy and let Daddy meet a stranger in an embarrassing moment.  I busted out laughing so hard I sounded like a cackling hyena for about 10 minutes straight!  I couldn't get over it!

 

Children are Adorable

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Noah Playing in the Pool

Happy Children come with Adult Frustration

Since we have moved to the new place, we have had to make some major adjustments.  We went from a very quiet neighborhood with no children to one with numerous children.  It is louder and brings much more frustration when it comes time to put your own child to bed or calm him/her down when they see other children playing.  We signed a two year lease for our new home because we wanted to lock in our price and we are very tired of moving every single year.  So, of course, we are going to have to get used to the new life!

Yesterday we bought a cheap little pool for Noah to play in.  We figured if we got a small pool that it wouldn't be intended for other children to be in it with him unless invited.  Well, of course, our neighbor has over 11 people living in their 3 bedroom home and they are from Iraq, so they don't always understand what we are saying.  Luckily one of the children that is 11 years of age can understand English pretty well, but the rest...not so much.  Steven blew up the pool when we got home from the store and of course they were watching from their house the entire time.  As soon as water was in it they were over in our yard.  Steven said, "No, please let Noah play alone right now, we just bought this."  Yet, the children did not understand and started ripping off their clothes and jumped right in.  We had pulled it over near Noah's play-set so it would have a slide to go down and that just made it even worse with multiple children.

BUT....Noah had a blast playing with them, so we let the ruckus continue.  Hopefully we will be able to establish some rules the next time because only the one child seems to listen, the rest disobey me over and over.  It is great that Noah is making friends because he is so happy when he gets to play with them, but it gets very frustrating when the other children do not listen or understand.

So, here are some pictures from his time in the pool yesterday....wasn't able to get a good one of Noah alone really, but maybe later today!  Enjoy!

Every Day Bring Something New

When you live with a child and spend every moment possible with him or her, you realize that there is change happening right before your eyes.  It is hard to see when you are there every day, but then you look at pictures or videos and say, "WOW," I hadn't even noticed.  Well, our little baby boy isn't so little anymore.  A two and a half year old lives with us now and surely without my saying...you already know he rules the house too.

Now we have attitude...if we don't like what you say..."NO," "NO WAY," "STOP," "OKAY...GEEZ," "SHH, QUIET."  These are just a few of things that have been coming out of his mouth! Oh Noah, you may think you rule...but just wait...you are in for a rude awakening from Mommy and Daddy!  Although, it is quiet adorable to watch a toddler tell you to "shh" and "quiet" or even when he doesn't want to hear what he has done wrong and the "okay...geez" comes out....but at some point we do have to stop this behavior otherwise it will continue and then that would just be awful.  So...maybe we can catch a few on video for our laughing pleasure and I will surely post if we can!

Also...this new attitude brings door slamming.  If he gets up from his nap before he has gone to sleep....I yell, "get back in bed!"  Then I hear him slam his door and rudely jump in bed.  OH MY GOODNESS!  I know, I know....this is only the beginning!

So, these are just a few of the updates I have about our toddler with a personality!  I hope you enjoy the update!  :)