Carsonisms...

- Demi is a little melodramatic to say the least - so we have been working on it. For example she ran out of the bathroom today screaming like an ax murderer was in there and totally gave me a heart attack. She said she saw a huge, scary bug. It was a dead cockroach - upside down. (Incidentally, it was the first cockroach we have ever had in our house. Dead or alive. Not bad for a year!) Then today I heard her crying and screaming and she was running away from Carson as fast as she could to me. Again a heart attack. I thought she was bleeding profusely... but it was only because Carson was chasing her with a foam sword while on his 'bouncy-ball'. So I calmly told Demi that she has to suck it up sometimes and just run away to another room to get away from the little monster. I told her that he thinks it is funny to get a reaction out of her and he is just a little kid. Well - that wasn't too smart of me, because as soon as I was done talking to Demi she walked away with Carson bouncing after her hitting her with a sword saying, "Yeah Demi! I just a kid!" Then about 4 HOURS LATER Carson was in time-out again for hitting me and I was nicely explaining to him, YET AGAIN, that it is not ok to hit or kick. And then I went back to finish cleaning the kitchen while he was looking after me yelling, "But mom! I just a kid! I just a kid mommy!"

- Carson now carries around a penny with him because he just discovered that he can use it to open the doors that I lock to keep him OUT all over the house.

- The other night I left at about 9:30pm to go with my sister-in-law Tiffany to see a movie. I got all the kids ready for bed and they were sitting watching a movie. Parker downstairs and Carson and Demi upstairs. I told Robert to get Carson and put him in his crib because he was ready to go to bed. Then I slid out the front door and left. A minute later Robert went upstairs to get him and he was not watching tv. He got a little panicked and went back downstairs. That is when he noticed the front door was open. He ran out yelling Carson's name and ran to the end of the street. He finally saw Carson on the main street heading out of our subdivision in the middle of the road almost to Kuykendahl - for those of you who have been to our house - you know where that is. Robert caught him and he just looked at Robert and simply said, "I going with mommy." It is without a doubt the scariest thing he has done to date. I am sure Robert was totally freaked! We have flip locks on all the doors so he can not get out, but Robert obviously took too long to put it back on when I left. If Carson makes it to adulthood it will be a miracle. Now I get to have nightmares of him escaping and being OUTSIDE the house along with all the shenanigans he pulls INSIDE the house!

- It was bound to happen, but now the last couple of days Carson has been getting up in the middle of the night and coming into our room... This morning we woke up and all three of them were sleeping with us. Demi on the floor so close to my side of the bed that I had to get in and out of the bed by crawling to the foot of it and Parker and Carson in between Robert and I. At least Demi is kind enough to bring her own blankets and pillows and make herself a nice little pallet. :) I practically don't even need to wake up anymore to help her. Parker just sleeps nicely the whole night. Now I just have to deal with Carson sitting up next to me hitting my face saying, "I not tired mommy!" the whole night!

- This morning Carson woke me up by bringing little 'ice cream bites' into our bed. I got mad at him and told him to take them back and put them in the freezer - so he yelled at me and walked out the room and the next thing I heard was a little tumbling sound down the stairs... He was mad at me so he threw the container down the stairs and it broke open about half way down. What a nice way to wake up! A little sprinkling of chocolate covered ice cream nuggets all down the stairs and in the entryway.