a new game and smart move

like many a creative toddler, thomas comes up with some inventive ways to entertain himself. he sit in his yellow elmo chair. then he says "one, two, three!!!" and slams his head back as hard as he can. plunk. over the back he goes. yup the reason he looks funny in the pic is because it was taken right after he pancaked himself back onto the rug.
then he chuckles to himself, rolls off, sits back down and does it again. and again until he has had enough head banging and decides to stop.
i figure this is pay back. what goes around comes around right? i was a crazy kid and this is pay back for all the wild stuff i did (tree climbing, falling, big wheel stunts, tripping) that gave my poor mom heart attacks. *sigh*...


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thomas always helps unload the dishwasher. probably since he could reach high enough to put stuff in the drawers (maybe 14-15 months??). he would always take each utensil one by one and then go drop it into the drawer, and back again to get another one. this past january, right after he turned 2, he surprised us by grabbing the entire basket, lugging it over the utensil drawer and efficiently loading the drawer up. no more going back and forth. wow!
i mean yikes... our kids are going to keep us on our toes. i mean we thought we were smart when we were growing up right? i can't think of many high schoolers that don't think at some point that they can outsmart their parents. those little brains, even as toddlers, are already devising ways to be more efficient. ... or wait, maybe this is unique to thomas? perhaps... as a result of genes passed down from his super freak dad who loves to make everything run as efficiently (and as budge-wise) and with as many back-up contingency plans as possible? ha ha...