What do you think you're doing?

I tell ya….I’m so glad that Luke is getting stronger each day.  But, there’s always a “mixed blessing” when it comes to Luke and his “new tricks”.  Most kids learn to walk, talk, get into things all in the first few years.  I’m learning that with Luke all those things are drawn out, so each time he learns or is able to do something new…there he is getting into something else and we have to find a way to “block” his efforts.  Like with the whole bed thing, finding a perfect solution for him so he could use this new bed took a while.  Then, when he learned to cruise furniture we had a whole new range of things we needed to put “up”.

Well, Luke has learned something “new”.  I was getting ready the other day in the bathroom.  I got to the point where I was trying to do my makeup and here comes Luke.  I figured he would just come in the bathroom and play with the door while I stood at the sink.  No…Luke has something else on his mind. 

Instead Luke came in the bathroom and shut the door.  There I was putting on my makeup and all of a sudden I felt something on my elbow.  I look over and there is Luke standing up at the sink!  Well before I could really process this, the lights went out!  No….the power didn’t go off…Luke got the light switches!  I was so proud of him, but I told him to “knock it off, mommy needs to see”.  Did that stop him?  No…of course not…he continued to turn the lights on and off….it was a good thing that this particular day I wasn’t in a hurry.  It took a long time to get my make-up on with the lights going on and off the whole time!

This was a couple weeks back, but Luke continues to do this.  I’ve had to “kick him out” of the bathroom a few times because I didn’t have time to let him turn the lights on and off while I was trying to get ready.  After all….its really dark when the door is shut and there are no lights….or windows for that matter!