Whew, sorry for the radio silence. We have been super busy lately and crazy stuff has happened. We took the kids to disneyland early this week and holy moly that was exhausting. It took a few days just to recover from that one day of fun. Note to self: put extra padding in shoes if going on some kind of all day excursion with toddlers (especially while pregnant). Because let me tell you… My back felt broken by the end of the day and I could barely feel my feet anymore. Standing in long lines holding a squirming toddler (my daughter) while they’re trying to fight you to get down and run away… That crap will wear you down real fast while pregnant. But despite all the pain and exhaustion, we still had so much fun! Our wallets sure didn’t appreciate the adventure but the kids had an absolute blast. It was a little bit of a bummer that my husband and I couldn’t go on some of the crazier rides since neither child is over 40 inches tall yet and there’s no fun in waiting in line over a half hour to go on a ride by yourself, but I was pleasantly surprised how many rides were stubby toddler friendly. The kids were basically unconscious on the drive home because of how much fun we had that day. And I am really happy with how many steps I logged from walking around so much! I definitely say the day was an overall complete success.

Now for the crazy stuff… Guess who figured out how to unlock the backdoor and open the patio gate all in one day? That’s right, my lovely 2.5 year old son. I left them zoned out on the tv downstairs so I could run upstairs and rummage through our clean clothes to find some good clean pants. Well, my son had other plans. He let himself, his sister, and both dogs out of the house to run away into the neighborhood. I felt like I was having a heart attack when I came downstairs to an empty living room. Luckily a nieghbor saw them before they made it very far so I was able to get everyone back in one piece. We put a heavy duty waterproof chain and lock on the patio gate later that day. I’ve tested him a few times since and sure enough, the second he thinks I’m distracted, he silently slides the backdoor open and tries to make another break for it. Of course he can’t because of the new lock, but he sure still tries! After all that, the best part is one of the pairs of “pants” I grabbed actually was a shirt. All that pain of going through heart attack after heart attack, and I didn’t even grab the right clothes. I now have plans in the works to put high locks of some kind on all of our doors, both regular and screen doors. Because I really don’t want to have to find out the hard way that he’s learned a new trick.

The escape hasn’t been the only trouble this past week. This kid has also learned he can open his bedroom door despite my having the knob purposefully pinned so it’s hard to turn and open. So I need to be careful to wake up about the same time as him so he doesn’t try to bust out of the baby gate and wreak havoc on the house while I’m sleeping. I have tried knob covers in the past and he can easily disassemble those in minutes. How??? I have no freaking clue. Those things are hard for me to get off! But somehow he’s a baby proof destroying pro. Send up a prayer or good thought for me or something because I swear this child is going to be the death of me. I will be surprised if I have any dark hair left by the time one 30. I guarantee it’ll all be white by then!