All in a Day's Work

Two little men were very busy today. Alex figured out how to open his bedroom door so he happily let himself out, quietly slipped right past Daddy, and came banging on my door to wake me up first thing this morning. That was quite a surprise to me because in my 3+ years of motherhood that's the first time a child has come to my door...Ben still waits to be let free in the mornings, either by one of us or his clock radio turning on. During naptime (or rest time for Ben) I heard a door handle but thought it was Ben going to the bathroom, but it turns out it was the little man again waking up from his nap and coming to say hello. That would be heart attack #2 for the day! I guess tomorrow I'll be more prepared for the sudden arrival of my tiny buddy.

And Ben's great discovery was that he can open the car doors. He had shut his puppy inside and apparently decided to rescue him at some point while I was making lunch. The garage is entirely closed off to the street but open to the back of the house so I'm used to the kids playing around my car, dumping dirt on it, and generally making it as dirty as possible. I am not used to kids wandering around inside unattended. Only it wasn't Ben that got inside...he must have left the door open and Alex crawled in and one of them closed the door. A few minutes later I called them in for lunch but of course couldn't find Alex. Not to worry because he can't escape the two gates but I did get concerned that I didn't hear anything. Then I started to hear a muffled "hi mama!" and looked in the store room and laundry room, then finally noticed the little hand waving from the car. He had climbed up into his carseat and was relaxing by himself, so proud of his huge feat. Guess I'll be locking the doors from now on!

Couple of other funnies I don't want to forget:
Alex has learned the timeless male gesture of leaning to the side to let out a poot and laughs like crazy when he's done. *sigh* Men.
Ben said he couldn't get a time-out while we were at the beach one day because "there aren't any corners".
Alex has learned to clean off an entire ear of corn faster than anyone I've seen. Last night he ate his and part of mine as well.
Ben doesn't ask "why" all the time but loves to ask "Why'd you say ____??" over and over, especially when I'm on the phone.
Now that Alex can get in bed himself, as soon as we finish a book he drops his blankies, slides off my lap with the book, and runs into bed so he can flip the pages before he goes to sleep.
Ben has started the stalling techniques at bedtime of calling me back into his room for anything he can think of and I do my best to discourage it, but when he tells me he just wants one more kiss my heart melts a little.