Caught red handed!!!

Here's another example of when kids being quiet equals DANGER. Kai was playing nicely by himself with his toys, when all of a sudden I couldn't hear all the songs and clicking from his toys. I peek over and find him digging through our garbage!!!! gross!!! So why didn't I just run over and take it away? Well, the damage was already done so I thought I'd take a few picture for the blog! (I know, isn't that awful?). But, I do want to point out that Jason and I do tell him NO. But our lovely STUBBORN first born...the pride and Joy of our life, will NOT listen. You will not believe how many times I've told him NO only to have him keep doing it. For example, I told him NO when he first touched our garbage can. He then reached right back and started playing with it again. I then reached over, grabbed his hands and said "NO". Well, what does my lovely boy do next? he grunts, gives me stink eye, reaches over to the garbage can and dumps it on the ground! Now, who can't tell me that this is COMPLETELY intentional!? It was as if he was saying "OH yeah? I'll show you to not tell me NO!". Although this is frustrating at times, I love this about Kai. He's so little, yet he's so strong willed. I think my job as a mom is going to be to make sure that he goes after and feels strongly about the good things of life. I'm going to try so Kai: Please take it easy on mommy!