no, no, no?

In a matter of one week my child has mastered opening the fully closed pocket door to enter our bathroom and has discovered that splashing both hands in Sophie's water bowl is loads of fun.

While this is entertaining for my almost 10 month old, the combination of these two new discoveries has kept me on my toes. The little booger is fast. And he is very proud of his accomplishments.

Trey thinks he is old enough to understand the word "no". I am not so sure. But to make my husband happy - and to prove him wrong - I have been telling Jones no when he takes off at full speed towards the dog bowl.


Jones thinks "no" is one of the funniest things he has ever heard. He just laughs and then crawls faster and splashes the water harder. Now, a couple of weeks into the No Stage, Jones crawls towards the water bowl, stops, looks back at me, shakes his head no, then proceeds to splash the water.

I think that is a step in the right direction. Trey says he knows what he is doing and has outsmarted me. I think he is brilliant for being able to sign "no".

Baby steps, people. We will master discipline one day at a time.

Now for some cute pictures of recent happenings:

1. Jones' friend, Hayes, and his mama, Hope, came over for Valentine craft time one day last week. Have you tried to paint with a 1 year old and a 9 month old? Clearly I was not cut out to be a preschool teacher. There are no pictures of me and Jones. We were far too busy being covered in red paint to have our picture taken.
On a different note, we are so thankful Hope and Hayes moved to the coast! Wonderful friends already.

2. Jones had a cold (again) last week. Woke up Sunday in a great mood feeling fabulous but by the time we picked him up from the nursery at church he had 102 fever. Ugh. Hurry up spring.

Sunday sick day? I thought snuggling on the couch (in Christmas PJs) while watching a Disney movie was in order. Jones is not a TV watcher - much too busy to sit still - but he did sit for about 10 minutes and watched Aladdin. It was fun. My snotty nose snuggle man.

3. Hope, Hayes, Jones and I joined Kindermusik. It is so much fun and Jones seems to really get into the egg shaker. Here are some pictures from Kindermusik last week. I promise Jones' outfit is not that short on him. A bit high rising in these pictures.

4. And, finally, pictures from this morning at breakfast. Mealtimes are getting messier and messier. This morning he smashed an entire handful of bananas in his hair. Then died out laughing. Boys.