Last night before the kids went to bed I was laying around on the couch, being lazy and trying to have a minute of down time before I got back to work. Literally, I just wanted a minute. Well, maybe five. I vaguely heard David say to Elijah, "Go show Mom!" but completely ignored them. I should not have been so careless. Elijah walked up to me, I'm still ignoring him and BAM! Right in the face! He had the lid of a pot, and decided to show it to me up close. And hard. That got me off the couch and FAST! Oh was I mad!
Later David relayed the story from his side, Elijah took the magnet key for the cupboard and held it up to one of the doors. He was working really hard at trying to open it up, and David was impressed with E's knowledge of using the key to open the locked door. So he helped the little guy out. Elijah went straight for that lid. He knew exactly what he wanted. And then, with David's encouragement, came to find me.
It was premeditated. His little one year old mind had it all figured out. The plan. "I'll get Mom," he thought to himself. "I'll use something big. And hard..." That silly cupboard door was in his way, but he knows how it works. And then, Dad even egged him on - "Go GET MOM!" E heard, and he toddled right into the living room. Mom was looking down at her phone. Ignoring the boy once again. Not smiling at his endlessly cute antics. "I'll teach HER not to ignore me!" he thought as he got closer and closer... Nothing could distract him now!
WHAM! "Haha!" he laughs as Mom makes her retreat, she lost the battle and E had won. Payback for letting him cry in his crib. Retribution for not offering the right snack, not picking him up on demand, not carrying him endlessly around the house.
I'll win the next one, though. Cause I'm bigger. And smarter. So there!
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