Josh spent the day with me yesterday while Bethany and Hannah went to the Outlet Mall with some friends. It was just James, Ben, Josh and me. I found that after a period of time I am not quite sure how to entertain the little guy and he is quite busy with exploring and getting into things. (All completely normal for a boy his age...) Once I asked Ben what he was doing and he answered, "Oh, he's probably washing the window on the back door." Right, with his tongue... Later I went to find him and discovered he was standing on the bottom step looking upstairs where Ben had gone. (It's time to put up that gate! Actually, it's past time...) He did take a nice nap, ate half a package of crackers, and enjoyed playing Little People with his grandmother. He played with his uncle Ben and let us know that the wood stove is "hot". He inspected the pan cupboard and decided to rearrange some of its contents. He found an old teapot cover which he dunked up and down in the dog water until a kind old lady took it away. When his mom returned he was sitting on my lap enjoying a bowl of apple cinnamon oatmeal. I really need to baby proof my house but I'm not quite sure how.
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4 hours ago
He wanted to go upstairs because that's where I had just gone.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember baby proofing except moving all poisonious products up above the washer. Well, guarding my coffee cup from Em.
ReplyDeletebut I don't have a nick nack habbitat that kids seem to love, I let them play all over the house, explortation of their world and mine expands minds.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds fun...and exhausting. I remember those days. I actually miss them sometimes. Allen used to go into the food cupboard and roll the cans across the floor. I thought it was cute and harmless...but quickly grew to realize what a nuisance I had inadvertently encouraged. I remember having to go somewhere and Jeff Falke watched him for me. When I returned to pick him up, Jeff told me that Allen had eaten some of their dog's dry dog food out of the dish. For some reason, my memories of the girls' escapades are not as clear.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like it was a fun day although a busy one:) That is so sweet that he was looking for Uncle Ben up the stairs.
ReplyDeleteBen was wearing him out on that treadmill I'll bet, so that he would take a nice long nap! ;)
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ReplyDeleteJosh likes Uncle Ben then? That's groovy!
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