It's official

Well, its official. My son has figured out that he can get out of his bed without me coming to get him...

I knew this day was coming, I expected it, but now that its here I'm wondering what the future holds.

Maybe that's a little dramatic.

Or maybe not.

My new experience started last night. Bed time is 8pm. He doesn't always go to sleep at 8 but he knows that he goes to bed and if he reads his books or plays with a truck....I really don't care. As long as he stays in his bed because eventually he always falls asleep.

Last night I heard a ton of banging coming from his room. I peek and he is opening and closing the drawers on a dresser. As soon as I say his name he quick runs back to his bed and jumps on.

Obviously he was not doing ANYTHING he wasn't suppose to

Tell him to stay in bed, 5 minutes later, I hear it again, repeat same scenario.

This time I make sure he understands, he doesn't have to go to sleep but he does have to stay in his bed

"o-k mama"

Walk by his room a few minutes later and he is sitting on the farthest edge of his bed so he can see in the hallway, he his technically still on his bed so he's got me there. As I walk by he gives me a HUGE grin. Mostly a "I'm still doing what you told me to do" type grin.

At this point I attempt to talk stern to him telling him to get in bed but I utterly fail at this as I cannot stop laughing, which leads him to throw his head back and laugh heartily.

I guess I need to work on my "poker faces" for parenting.

I gave up and let him be...checking on him a while later, he had finally fell asleep, and the perfect little angel that he is, always listening to his mama...he was still on his bed. =)