Mommy's Little Helper

Little cheeser in a self portrait. J/K. But it looks like he took it himself!

You know something's going wrong when it gets too quiet. The other day, I was on the computer and suddenly realized that I hadn't heard Lucas chatting or banging something for a while. Usually this kid is in constant motion and jabbers nonstop (brag moment: even the pediatrician couldn't get over how talkative Lucas is). So I immediately called his name and heard some scurrying going on in the BATHROOM.

NOOOO!

This time, miraculously, the toilet paper roll was still intact, but Lucas had found the toilet brush and was swinging it around. The floor was sopping wet, and there was water all over the toilet seat. He was enjoying "cleaning" so much that when I pulled him away and shut the door he threw a royal tantrum, the likes of which I have never seen before. It took a really long time and presenting multiple toys to get him to be happy again. And even then, he'd still crawl to the bathroom and bang on the door for me to open it.

One of these things is not like the other.

Besides doing stuff in the bathroom, Lucas's other favorite activity these days is hiding things or putting them in tight spaces. I watched him with a toy the other day. It dropped and rolled under our club chair, so he pulled it out, looked at it, and then put it back under the chair and crawled away. When I looked underneath, he had four other toys stashed in that exact location. Like he was saving them. He remembers where everything is, and I'm continually finding toys and other items that have been inserted into unusual locations (the hamper, packages of seltzer, Daddy's shoe, etc).

Lucas also carries with him some type of "tool" wherever he goes. Usually it's a spoon or one of the locks meant to baby proof the cupboards (oops). These tools are used for pointing at things, banging on things, touching Mama or getting Mama to pretend to eat them, pushing food off the tray of his highchair, getting at things in hard to reach places (under the bed or on the table), dropping down impossible to reach places (the radiator vents) and chewing on.

He's a funny kid. We love him.