Stairs and Trashcans

I realized the other day, that sometimes I put things in my Facebook status that Parker is doing but don't always blog about it. I thought I would share some "funny" things Parker has done that I have had in my Facebook status recently...

Parker has gotten into the lovely habit of throwing things into any available trashcan! James and I are partly to blame for this because when he was younger and would find the tiniest little food scraps or whatever on the floor, he would bring them over to James and I and we would tell him that it was trash and to put it in the trash can. He would then faithfully crawl over to the trash can and throw away whatever paper/food scrap he had found. Anyway, on to the trash can incidences...I think I've been around each time he's done this (since I keep a close eye on him...after all, he's no longer a baby and is definitely a mischievous toddler!) He finds things on the floor, (usually his toys) and will just put them in the trash can and walk happily away after doing so. Ironically, he JUST threw grandma and grandpa's phone in the trash can and when I took the phone out, I found his toy police car and toy ladder to one of his Little People toys...NO JOKE!! LOL!!! I can't hide the trash cans because we are still staying with James' parents. Every time I see him throw something in the trash can, I tell him that we ONLY put things in the trash can if mommy and daddy ask him to put it in the trash and that ONLY TRASH goes in the trash can, not toys or anything else! If he were older, I would tell him that if he puts his toys in the trash, they will get thrown away and he won't have them anymore but I am far too practical and quite frankly cheap to do that now! He's not really at the age to "get" that concept anyway, and we would like to have more than one kid and I buy toys with the intention of multiple children being able to use them not just Parker until he throws them away! lol! Anyway, it's quite frustrating because it's like it goes in one ear and out the other but I guess that's just one of the "joys" of having a toddler...

The other thing that Parker has been doing, is throwing things down the stairs and laughing hysterically as they tumble down and reach the bottom of the staircase. So what exactly does he throw down the stairs you might be asking yourself...you name it, he throws it! His cup, toys, stuffed animals, kitchen utensils, pretty much anything that he finds and gets in his silly head to toss ends up either at the bottom of the stairs or on one of them. He threw his cup down the stairs a couple of days ago and as a natural consequence when he asked for his "wawa" (water) with his snack, James and I told him that his water was downstairs because he had thrown it down when we asked him not to and that he'd have to wait until after his snack when we could go downstairs to get it. Was that a bit harsh of us? He is old enough that he TOTALLY understands what no means and he gets a sly little grin on his face sometimes after he's done things like that that he KNOWS he's not supposed to do! He acts like a toddler now for sure, not a little baby so we're sure he's just being the typical toddler and testing his limits. And seriously, it's not like we never allow him to have anything to drink! Right after he finished his snack, we went downstairs where he took one TINY sip of his water and tossed it aside like he wasn't even thirsty!

Anyway, that's what we've been dealing with lately...that and the fact that Parker wants to be outside ALL THE TIME!!! Not so much of a challenge when the weather cooperates and we don't have anything else going on, but much more challenging when we've got things planned or it's a heat index of over 100 degrees as it has been some days lately here. At least this last week the weather was bEaUtIfUl so we were able to spend more time outside! Hopefully this week is nice too so I don't have to hear "outide, outide, outide" every time Parker looks out a door or window! ;)