Don't worry, I'm not gonna go all my-kid-is-so-smart on you. He is making amazing gains, but he's stopped doing other things like saying bye-bye or mama. But about him being smart, I can't believe the kid's memory. It seems he remembers every mischievous thing he's done just so he can try it once more!
He figured out how to open the last cabinet untouched in the kitchen, a narrow pull-out spice rack. I don't use it for spices, but for measuring cups, salts, vinegars and few other odds and ends. He now has the perfect wiggle and pull down to get the thing open. And while cooking dinner recently, I looked down and found him covered in corn starch. Perhaps handy for thickening drool, it seemed to do little else but make me laugh. And make a mess.
Then just yesterday we were playing with bristle blocks when I got very engrossed in my bristle block house I was building. Several minutes go by before I notice that Jasper has moved on to another activity: stamps!
He managed to grab the ink pad for a stamp I'd been using. It was sitting on top of the desk in territory he'd never touched before, leading me to believe it was a safe place. Nope. His hands were black and he was sitting on the dark brown rug. I cannot believe he didn't manage to touch anything. I panicked, threw down my bristle blocks, picked him and ran to the sink. After a good scrub, he only had a faint shadow of ink in the creases of his fingers and under his nails.
The last great thing may seem small, but it's actually turning out to be a huge help for me. I can ask him to find his sippy cup, and off he'll go. Most of the time if he doesn't actually find it, he'll lead me to it. If you've ever found a stray sippy cup full of last week's milk, you know why this is handy.
So, it's safe to say that he's got me hopping. That's about it from here. And a cute Halloween pic for the road.
Adorable!!!
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