My son Does Not Want To Go To Bed.

He has scaled a double-gate the upper of which is up to my armpits.

Twice.

Elf was calling, "Mommy! Daddy! Ben got out!" Then, when I went in, she had this HUGE, proud-big-sister smile, "Ben climbed the gate all by himselfHe has been wailing for over half an hour, with a short break when I went in and lay ( Read more... )

Ben has now mastered, practiced, and perfected the art of climbing over the baby gates.

The good: we'll soon be able to (just by nature and reality) take down the gates soon. Woo.

The bad: they'll both be able at all times to get to EVERYTHING.

The exciting: yay, Ben, for flexibility, strength, creativity, problem-solving, and innovation.Woo

And tonight, Ben figured out how to climb the gates--and then remembered how he did it so he could duplicate the effort. We found this out while I was updating Husband on doctors and school in our room and suddenly, here comes little toddling boy.

Our. Lives. Are. Over. Really, really OVER this time.

Also? Farscape promo photos!!! Guh!

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