Noah The Menace!

Move over Dennis Mitchel (aka Dennis the Menace) there is a new kid in town and his name is Noah! The past wekk, Noah has tried to burnt he house down, climbed out of his crib, climbed out of his pack n play, got his first black eye, and there is probably more, but I can't remember all right now. We'll start with the fire story. Noah knows he is not allowed to touch the oven. Before he was "strictly" corrected, he used to pull the door down, climb on the opened door, stand on the door and play with the cool looking knobs! Like I said, he was strictly corrected for this, and we thought it was over. Well, one night while a lasagna was cooking, Noah decided to do some cleaning up. He just opens doors and puts stuff in them, you know, out of sight, out of mind. Well, he came across some junk mail and decided that the place for that mail was in the oven. Josh was in the kitchen doing the dishes and I was right around the corner straightening up, when we both heard the oven door close. Noah came running around the corner with both hands up in the air, in a "I didn't do it" pose, and eyes about the size of quarters. He was "strictly" corrected again not to touch the oven, and that was the end of it. Until Josh smelled something burning. We opened to oven and found the piece of junk mail, now on fire. Hopefully Noah learned his lesson not to touch the oven! He's all boy, but is learning how to obey. It's neat to see when it finally "clicks" with kids. There is nothing better than the odedience of your own child! We're having a blast with the little guy but aren't taking our eyes off of him for a second!