Exhibit 1. Playing in water - This is one of his favorite activities and usually takes place at the kitchen sink where he has stool that actually allows him to reach the sink. But apparently that's not adventurous enough, Benjamin needs the extra effort of having to hold himself up on the edge of a sink by his stomach to play in the water.
And no joke he will hold himself up there for 10 to 20 minutes if we don't stop him... and speaking of stopping him...
Exhibit 2. I spent the better part of an hour cleaning up the kids' bathroom one day last week when they decided it would be a good idea to dump water from the sink onto the floor. In the course of about 5 unsupervised minutes they managed to almost entirely flood the bathroom! (there's no pictures of this because I was too stunned to even think about getting the camera).
moving on...
Exhibit 3. Drawing. This one isn't new. For quite awhile we've known not to trust Benjamin with anything that writes around any material that should not be written on. But last week he repurposed a tube of chapstick into a writing implement. Thankfully his canvas of choice this time was a window and not our couch!
Exhibit 4. Shopping. Until a couple of weeks ago I always insisted that Benjamin ride in the grocery cart when we're out shopping. I just wasn't prepared to have to chase him all over the store. But recently he has gotten better about listening and about staying with me so I decided to start letting him walk next to the cart if he asked. Our first outing went pretty well except for the near demise of half an aisle of tomato sauce jars as he ran his hands along them. Our second outing was not as successful as he decided that we needed a huge carton of blueberries and that he could put that carton of blueberries into the cart be himself. Needless to say, as I was lunging for the cart, the top popped off the carton and an avalanche of berries cascaded across Trader Joe's produce department. I think this incident shocked Benj just a bit because as we were walking away after the mess was cleaned up he looked up at me and quietly said "I ride now." I thought that was a good choice.
I could go on but I think the point has been made that we are now dealing with a full-fledged adventurous, outgoing, exploratory, do-it-myself little boy. Lucky for him, he is also ridiculously cute!
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My younger two have the "hold yourself by the stomach to get to the sink" move down pat. Always amazes me! And flooding the bathroom...yep. Been there. Water dripping down on the kitchen table through the light fixture...from the bathroom. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteBut I loved the chapstick one. That is new to me. So glad he chose the window!!