Smart Little Guy!

First, for those of you who usually read by blog weekly…I apologize for slacking the last couple weeks.  Luke has been really sick and on top of that my husband has given me a long “honey do” list for the house.  I’m sure all moms/wives out there can relate!  Despite the list, that will take me months (literally) to finish, I will do my best to keep you all updates with the funny things our Luke is up to.

Just two days ago my mother, so Luke’s grandma, was over while she waited on grandpa to visit someone.  Anyway, the kids flocked right to her when they got up from their naps.  They don’t see this grandma very often since they live further away than their other grandparents, so I was surprised but pleased that they both wanted to play with grandma.

Anyway, I was in the kitchen getting supper ready when I hear laughter…so I went to investigate.  (For my “loyal” readers…do you see a pattern here?  They always do something crazy when I’m not in the room.)  Anyway, I turn the corner and I see grandma in the recliner and Luke and our baby girl are sandwiched between the recliner and the wall.  At first I thought they were just having fun in a new unexplored area, since we usually have two gates stored where they were at the time and have never been back behind the recliner before.  But…then grandma said “Oh…Oh…No” and reached over to grab her mug that held water.  I then saw Luke’s little hand extended out, like he was just getting ready to get the mug when grandma caught him.

I found this very funny and also great because grandma placed the mug towards the back of the end table so that the kids couldn’t reach it from the front.  So Luke didn’t take long to figure out that there was a cool mug on the table and if he wanted it, he had to find his own way to get to it.  And he did!

I’m very proud of his thinking skills, which seem to get better day after day…and I still find Luke quite the funny little guy.

New home for garbage can

Well, I didn’t do the duct tape idea.  Instead I tried to think of a way I could still easily use the garbage can, yet keep it out of Luke’s way.  So I looked around our kitchen, and our cabinets are too small to put a garbage can under the sink, like I know many people do.  It took me a while but I realized we had the perfect spot, on the small landing that is located at the top of the stairs to our basement.  The landing is basically part of the kitchen area, so it isn’t too far out of the way and we don’t have to keep our garbage outside…which this time of year would be just too cold, even in the garage.

So I put our garbage can on the small landing, only the second day I did this Luke decided to reach over the gate, located at the top of the stairs which leads to the landing, and pushed the lid open!  I couldn’t believe it!  So now the garbage can is on the landing but over just enough and at just the right angle that I hope will work. 

I forgot until writing this today that I caught Luke on video opening the garbage can and putting his toys in, so I’ll share that with you today.  He is so organized about it, that I can’t help but laugh.