A little boy...

When my mother used to say..."I just don't know what you do with a boy." I'm finally learning what she is talking about. Let's just say having one girl first and then a little boy I am learning and experiencing first hand the differences. Now, I understand each child is different but my two children couldn't be more different. Since we have lived in the same house since both children were mobile, I feel I have a good memory of how "child proofing" has gone.

This little boy of ours is one little climber. I know I have posted pictures of him in the past climbing on really pretty much every flat surface imaginable. But today he reached a new level. He hauled over his little chair that is his "right hand partner in crime" to his high chair. He some how finagled his way to the top of the tray. Safe? I don't think so. How many times does the tray accidentally just snap off...too many times for me to think this is a bright idea. I had to take a picture. I can't forget how this little guy managed to reach any height in life! (I have had to resort to locking all the chairs away in a room so he can't climb up too high!) If your wondering what he's doing in this picture, it's him showing me his muscles because, yes he ate his dinner!

Next, quirk I just happened to capture. My kids have been born with a funny quirk. I'll try to explain, maybe other mother have heard of it? So, while changing Jake's diaper I grabbed anything within reach to distract him from the fact that yes, I am changing your diaper...so he would sit still. Well i grabbed a winter hat that was out of place as usual. He was distracted but insisted on wearing it. A few hours past, we returned to his room for nap time. He instantly saw the hat and insisted to wear the hat for his nap. I didn't really care, so I let him. He slept with the hat. Night time came, it was time for bed...we just walked in his room and he insisted on finding, yes a hat. He had to sleep with it. I happened to throw the original snow hat away because as you could imagine a little boy left alone with a hat that had a yarn ball on top pulled it all apart. So he found his Hawaii hat. Yes, this is how he fell asleep. Jake said, "nigh-nigh...my hat...on...my hat..." I just think it's hilarious how my kids get hooked on a strange habit. With Alayna it took weeks, months, years to cure her from one random habit. Jake thankfully doesn't remember past a day to have the funny quirk last!