Reagan, the Problem Solver

Reagan, bless his little heart, is a problem solver.  When he can't seem to get what he wants because it's out of reach, he finds a way....

Today, I walked out of the bedroom and found Reagan sitting on the oven door.  Yes, you read that right.  He opened the oven door, climbed on top of it and was reaching for the knobs to turn on the stove burner.  I see two problems with this.  First, he was sitting on the oven door.  Since he's a little chunker, the oven door could easily break ;-)  Second, he was able to open the safety knobs I have in place over the stove burner knobs and was actually trying to turn the stove on.  Yes, this is a problem.  There is no way I can keep my eyes on him 24/7, but if I leave him alone for even a few minutes to take care of something, he's getting himself into more trouble.

I have also witnessed him use his blue cushion chair as a step stool to get something on the counter.  He'll turn the chair on it's side and ensure there is enough support and then climb on top of the chair to reach whatever he's after.

He also uses me as a climbing source to reach things he wants.  I just can't believe how great his problem solving skills are at such a young age (almost 21 months).  He certainly takes after his daddy, because I know Ryan's got great problem solving skills.  I just need to keep up with him now...

Glimpse into my future?

This post is overdue, I know.  Life gets busy, especially around the holidays.  And, if I even think about getting on the computer, I have a little guy standing beside me saying "Upese, upese, upese." The translation to that is "Up, please."  I can only get on the computer when the kids are napping and quite frankly, there are a lot of other things that I need to get done besides blogging.  As much as I think about blog posts and writing (or typing) down what's happening, it just doesn't make the list for that hour I get when both kids sleep!

Anyway...onto why I titled this post "Glimpse into my future."  Last Sunday, we baby-sat for some friends of ours.  Their daughter is about 10 months older than Reagan, so not quite as much as the difference between Reagan and Kyleigh, but pretty darn close.  It was amazing how differently Reagan acted when she was here.  It was like Ryan and I didn't even exist.  He was having so much fun putting magnets on the shelf and then slamming the shelf shut to see the magnets fall to the ground.  While he was playing, I was actually able to cook without any interruptions.  In fact, Ryan was in the kitchen with me and I made a comment about how wonderful it was that Reagan was just playing with his friend in the house and he wasn't insisting on me holding him while I cooked.  As a side note, I know when Reagan and Kyleigh are older and can play together, that will have its own set of problems.  However, I reveled in the idea of Reagan and Kyleigh playing and me being able to get something done without interruption.

This is not the case now and that's okay.  But maybe, at some point in my future, Reagan and Kyleigh will play together.  I will watch them with the memory of dinner taking twice as long because Reagan wanted my attention.  For now, I will accept tasks taking longer than they should and be content in where I am right now with both kids.