When did he learn how to unzip my purse (or unzip ANYTHiNG for that matter). It’s not like I sat down with him one day and gave him a lesson on zippers. And since when is my purse a TOY? Note to self: Put EVERYTHING away, even if you don’t think he’s capable of getting into it.
“What do you want for breakfast?” I asked my 2 year old a few mornings ago. Pancakes! Of course…everyday it’s pancakes or blueberry muffins or some other sweet carbohydrate that will take me 20 minutes to make and another to clean up. How can I say no? Fortunately, we have some mix left over from the DELICIOUS Pumpkin Pie Waffles I made the other day. Another note to self: Waffle mix is NOT the same as pancake mix. Mickey is on his choo choo chugging along so all is well (don’t ask). I set to work making “pancakes.” It shouldn’t take too long, I rationalize. I’d like to mention that I don’t make it a habit of leaving my 2 year old unattended. In fact, it’s really quite the opposite. My husband is always chiding me about what a mama’s boy he is because we spend so much time together. Sometimes he doesn’t even want daddy when he comes home. But I digressed. Pancakes…Mickey…silence. Something is not right.
I walk over to the living room (which is like 25 feet away) to see what my son is up to. Silence is NEVER a good thing with my son….NEVER. Bad things happen when it’s quiet. I walk over to him and find him in my purse…remember my zipper story above? “What are you doing?” I ask him cautiously. “I’m brushing hair” he says, smiling. Now….this would be perfectly acceptable if he wasn’t brushing his hair with a mascara wand…a patch of his brown hair is now black…along with his hands. Sigh. “I need to wash hands” he says, looking up at me. That’s not the only thing that needs washing. I walk him over to the sink to work on getting the black mess off of his hands and out of his hair. And now I have to buy another tube of mascara!
So…what has your child done lately? Humor me!
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Silence is terrible when you have a little one. Twice in the past week or so, mine has found a magic marker and drawn all over himself.
Quiet is not usually a good sound at my house either. I really enjoyed your story.