Parents of the Year

Yes, that is what Corey and I are. 

Tonight, I decided it would be as good a night as any to replace the light fixture going down our stairs. Armed with a ladder, instructions, and a screwdriver, I went to work. Then, I realized it might not be a bad idea to turn the power of before I attempted to wire anything. I head over to the circuit breaker and try and figure out which one to use. 

About a minute later, I head back. I notice my screwdriver is gone. Asher. It's always him. 

So I yell up to Corey to find Asher and get the screwdriver when I hear:

"PZZSSSZZPT" and a scream. 

Running up the stairs I find Asher running towards me with his thumb sticking out, and a black singe mark on it. Yes, he stuck it in an lamp and shocked himself. 

I always handle this well and immediately start screaming for Corey to call the doctor, load him up- we need to get to the E.R..-Stat. 

Corey assures me he won't die, but we call his grandpa (who is an electrician) to be sure. Asher? Stopped crying within a couple of minutes and said, "Dat thing scare me. It went zzzpt. I need lay down now." We snuggled on the bed a bit, and he seemed to get over it. Much faster than I did. 

That kid is a stinker though... His favorite activities at 2.5 are 

~Taking (full) water bottles and emptying them out in the sink, then announcing, "Gotta throw this in recycling now." Even better is when he decides to empty it on the floor. 

~Emptying out laundry baskets and filling them with whatever he can find. (such as the livingroom lamp, which is why it didn't have a lightbulb, he broke it earlier.) He then hauls his laundry basket around with his "heavy load" in it. 

~ Coloring on his body with any writing utensil brother leaves out. Scissors? Every one in our house is on top the fridge. 

~Unmaking the beds. I no sooner than make one and he is ripping everything off it. 

~Emptying salt shakers, throwing all our clean napkins in the garbage, throwing things down the stairs.... 

~Did I mention in order to upload these photos I had to install our new card reader, as someone had stuffed whoknowswhat in our old one? Might be the same pilot who is responsible for the fighter plane that is currently crashed in our VCR. (Don't worry, the pilot was unharmed. VCR? Goner.) 

These terrible two's might be the end of me... and yes, I swear we watch the kid. He's lightening fast when on a mission...

(Did I mention that when I shut the circuit off, I accidently left the one that has our wood boiler and freezer off? Oops.)