Relapse

We've had a relapse here in the house. Nothing serious, but it involved a 7 AM trip to the attic. Allow me to explain. Zachary has been instructed NUMEROUS times that if he happes to wake up before anyone else in the house, he is to stay in his room and read or play quietly. I know comprehension skills are tough at age 4, but he seems to have a really hard time grasping this request. A while back it got so bad that we reinstalled a baby gate outside his room to keep him limited to his room and the bathroom. Zachary improved so the gate went down. With this morning being the 4th straight morning he's woken me up to "tell me something" or to inform me that "I went to the bathroom", we reached a breaking point. So up I went this morning and retrived said baby gate. It's now installed, but Zachary is much smarter this time around, so he's already figured out how to open it. Rebecca and I are formulating a punishment plan should he choose to ignore our request to stay in his room for nap and bet time.

Liam's hand is doing better today. I think the mummy-fication of the hand is healing it faster. He did well with it in the church nursery (today was our turn on the volunteer schedule). We'll need to definitely keep an eye out on it tonight at dinner, however. We're heading back to one of our favorite restaurants, Maggiano's! We love the food and the fact that they give you a ton for what you pay. We are using an anniversary gift card present from my presents and a Facebook free dessert offer. I hope the guys do well, they did OK last time we went, but we had an extra adult with us to help defray the fact there are no balloons, cows, or crayons.