June 17, 2009

run away

lately noah is becoming more fearless
which is fabulous when it means he'll actually go down a slide
but when it means he sneaks outside when we forget to latch it shut
(we never had this problem when we had round knobs that we could use safety latches on but now we have levers that we can't mess with)
it gives us near heart attacks
like the other day we were hanging out in our room upstairs
hazel was napping
noah was playing downstairs
until i thought, wait---is the door latched shut?
michael looked out the window and saw noah out on the playground
then today we couldn't find him, similar scenario
and i heard a knock at our front door
it was noah
at least he came home but sheesh
then tonight michael went up to check on the kids
noah wasn't anywhere to be found
not in his room, not in hazel's crib, not in the bathroom
not in our room....until michael touched the bedding that looked like this

but alas, there's noah
under our bedding completely
soaking with sweat


i hope he outgrows these crazies soon

9 comments:

Monica said...

That is so funny, and naughty. It's good to see his sense of adventure is emerging.

Laurel said...

How scary! I'm always paranoid about latches and windows and such. I'm glad he was just taking a nap!

Daniel, Sara, Dmitri & Paige said...

Oh my gosh that's so scary! I am not looking forward to the 'hide and seek' stage. But how sweet is he laying in your bed! So cute!

andre'a said...

peekaboo!

andre'a said...

i think he looks like such a cute sleeping angel. I'm amazed he could sleep, sweaty and hot and all!

kellyfam1633 said...

One time Ben was supposed to be watching Sienna outside in the back yard, she was just over a year old, and I heard a knock on the front door. I opened it up and my neighbor had Sienna in his arms. She went over to his yard and was playing in it. Let's just say Ben was BUSTED!!!!!!

Mike and Jennie said...

http://www.amazon.com/Safety-1st-48400-Lever-Handle/dp/B00005BSZE
Are you door levers like this? I am totally freaked out about that kind of thing.

Rachael said...

Yeah, they're like that but our front and back door handles won't work with them. You have to be able to remove them and we can't. Thanks anyway.

Kirsten said...

Our little guy has learned how to get outside too. So we installed those high up locks that he can't get to. It gives me peace of mind. I'm glad he came back too!