toddler + silence = level four alarm

A few mornings ago I was laying on the floor playing with Levi.

Ok, let me be honest here.

I was laying on the floor as if to appear I was playing with Levi… but my head was resting on his nice, squishy, stuffed tiger and my eyes were kind-of—uh mostly—closed. (This first trimester fatigue is kicking my bum at the moment!)

After a few minutes he toddled off and I could hear him walk down the hallway and into the living room. I continued to listen, knowing that as long as I could hear him talking to himself and shuffling around, all was well.

And then it went silent.

I laid there for a moment hoping—wishing—that he’d start puttering about again so I wouldn’t have to move. But still, only silence.

Any mom of a toddler knows that silence raises a level four alarm, so of course I began to drag my backside off the floor to go and see what he was up to.

But just as I began to do so I could hear him start to toddle back toward me.

Relieved I relaxed again into my tiger friend and continued to lay there on the floor waiting for him to round the corner of the bedroom.

Moments later he appeared around the corner with a massive grin on his face, a twinkle in his eyes, water all down his chest and belly, and holding a very large glass still half full of water.

As soon as we made eye contact he got so excited that he dropped the glass (thankfully on the carpet where it didn’t break and cut or frighten the poor lad) and he bee-lined straight for me with his arms stretched out in excitement. He had been so impressed with himself and so excited to show me that he found an adult glass, drank out of it himself, and even carried it across the entire house to share with me.

I was counting my lucky stars that it was only a glass of water left on the coffee table from the night before and not some other more stain-inducing or child-inappropriate beverage.

So the question these days is not what is my toddler getting into? But… what isn't he getting into?!?

It really is a fun (and exhausting) stage! I’m entertained and amused every day… and there’s certainly never a dull moment with my little Indiana Jones doing laps around the house and getting into everything!

Dear friends, what are your kids getting into these days?

enjoying “playtime” on the floor,

P.S. We're camping at the moment, so if I don't respond to comments and emails right away... that's why. No phones or internet for me!

Joining in with Mama Kat’s writer’s workshop:
{Describe a time your toddler got into something they shouldn’t have.}

adriel booker | the mommyhood memos | 2011
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