Smart?...or Just Plain Lucky!

Quick, funny little story about MHS. Yesterday CLS told me that he had put MHS in the back seat of the car and given him his own water bottle to hold. By the time CLS had gotten around to the other side of the car, MHS had managed to unscrew the lid and had dumped the water all over himself. "He can unscrew things now", He tells me. I thought to myself, "Sure honey, you just didn't screw that lid on tight enough." Well just moments ago I went searching for MHS, as he was not making any noise, so I knew he was into something he shouldn't be; sure enough...he has unscrewed my jelly bean jar that I use for my primary class and is delighting in the newly found treasure he has illegally accessed!! It is a regular Ball canning jar. I couldn't believe the little rascal. I don't know yet if he really knows how to unscrew something, or if he is just getting lucky, but I'm hoping I don't have to find that out the hard way.

Update #2

(Still no pics) WHEW! What a week, we are so glad it is over! Piano lessons are done for the week, CLS is done at the office for the week, we made our whirlwind trip to Show Low for my Dentrix training in 24 hours (record time) and MHS had his 9 month check-up. MHS did great...he is 21 lbs (50%), and the nurse said 30 in., but I think 29 in. long (the 90-94%). He is developing wonderfully and as much as Daddy doesn't want him to, the NP thinks he'll be walking well before his first birthday. (Daddy was not pleased to hear that news.) Unfortunately he had to have two shots, the flu vaccine and another routine vaccination. The bad part was we had to stay in Show Low that night, so needless to say he had the worst night of his life thus far. To make a long story short, we finally got some sleep at 3:00 in the a.m. after a car ride to get him to sleep. Thank heavens for caffeine the next day; doing a training on 3 hrs. of sleep is impossible without it!! I am grateful that I don't drink it regularly, so that when I do, it has the effect I am looking for! My recital is starting to fall into place, FINALLY! Thanks to a great friend, we will have the venue we wanted after all, HOORAY!!! To round off the week, we will finish our primary program tomorrow, yeah! I love it when big projects are finally over with! I look back at my week and think, Oh I'm glad it's over!!!!

UPDATE!

Well Mack is still sleeping so I thought I would post a quick update on what is going on in our lives. (No pics, sorry.) MHS is growing by leaps and bounds, we find out tomorrow how he is doing when we pay the doctor our 9 month & 2 week visit. He now has 3 teeth, 2 on the bottom, and the first one he got is on the top left, kind of weird. He is pretty much eating only table food now and we have yet to discover anything he doesn't like, typical boy. He pushes everything, the high chair, boxes, blocks, anything he can get his hands on all over the place and is now standing on his own without holding on. He is doing MUCH better at taking naps and still sleeps through the night, YEAH!! CLS's practice is doing well, I guess. I don't get too much info, but he seems happy enough. He is going on a 60 mile, 3 day hike next month so each night when he gets home he switches into his new hiking boots to break them in. He absolutely is the best Dad. MHS loves to "workout" with him, especially when he turns on the Def Lepard cd. He takes MHS for a walk every night if he doesn't fall asleep drinking his bottle, to help him go to sleep. He feeds, changes, baths, and plays; what more could you ask for in a father? I am still crazy busy with piano and Dentrix trainings, in addition to being a mommy and wife. I am having my Fall recital on the 27th and it has been an absolute headache getting this one sorted out, and I'm still working on it, so fingers crossed that things will start to fall into place. I have to go to Showlow this weekend for a training, and then there is one every weekend for the next 4 weeks. I'm still managing to keep sane; how, I don't know. That's it in a nutshell for now.