Blake's New Skills

This is going back a month and a half, but the kids have been keeping me on my toes so much lately that by the end of the day, I'm ready to zone out for a while and go to sleep. I keep thinking, I'll write the blog tomorrow. But the next day I feel the same way, and so on. So what's been the big change? A lot of it is Blake. Here are the things he has learned to do recently:

-Escape from the baby gate that we have separating the baby-safe area from the rest of the house. He can escape by wriggling it out from behind the chair and wall, squeezing through between the couch and pillar, and has managed to army crawl underneath it.

-Climb onto (and over) the couch

-Take off his pants and diaper

-Become Poo-caso (several times)

-Stand up in the tub and pee on his sister while doing an evil villain laugh.

- Take outlet covers off (3 different brands)

-Climb onto the ottoman and the Little Tikes teeter totter that I used to keep up there when it wasn't in use

- Open doors

- Reach things like table runners and pull on them to get everything to crash.

- Use bath toys to dump water out of the tub

-Steal his sister paci because it makes her scream, and he thinks that's hilarious

There is no time to look away while Blake is awake right now. He has this sense about what could be dangerous or maddening and the impulse to do it. But, things have been getting better. He is learning what "no" means, and you can bet he gets lots of hugs and tickles whenever he turns away from whatever it is I caught him trying.

He has also learned to hug, which is SOOO sweet. The first time, I was changing Sadie's diaper, He came up behind me, laid his head on my back, and said "Ahhh" as he patted my shoulder. TOO sweet. He tries to hug Sadie but ususally knocks her over, so that hasn't worked as well. He certainly is a handful, but he has the biggest heart. :)