Escape Artist

Lucas has always excelled in escaping. Doors were his favorite toy at an early age. I'm not kidding. Since he could barely reach the door knob, he would open and close doors all day. He would choose to play with a door over a ball any day. Now, he has moved on from playing with doors, but he still appreciates the fine art of escaping.

My sister's kids are about 3 and 5 years old and they just recently started to leave their rooms when they are waking up. I thought that is what all kids did. They stay in their rooms and patiently wait for their parents to come and allow them to get out, right? Wrong.

Lucas graduated to a big boy bed a few months before Samuel was born. From that first night on we had to put a door knob cover on his door to keep him in. Even in the pitch dark he would get out of bed, open the door and come out.

This week, we officially lost control of the situation. After putting him in time-out in his room we were greeted by a smiling 2 year old in the living room. He figured out how to remove the door knob cover!! Oh no!!! Since then, he has been a pretty good boy and gone to bed without any problems. But, his fondness of using chairs to touch things that are too high for him is starting to scare us. His little chairs move all around the house to access the bathroom sink, scissors in the drawer, dishes in the sink, and light switches. So, I guess we are going to make it a habit now to hide those chairs at night so that he cannot reach the lock on the front door. That really makes Brian and me uneasy.

To anyone that reads this post: You can laugh at how a little boy's mind works and how he is always thinking about what he can conquer next. But, please say a little prayer for his parent's sanity.