9 Lives and a Roll-over

I’m hoping Billy has some cat in him.  He’s going to need at least 9 lives to get through the one the Lord has given him!

He apparently knows how to open carabiners.   We use them to keep the gates closed around the yard.  Originally it was to keep our dog, Trouble, from opening the gates and then they came in handy for the kids.  I was outside with Billy and Rusty the other day and Tommy was chilling in the house.  I decided to check on the baby and had no worries about the two others outside since they’ve played out there a lot and it is a safe place.  When I came back outside, I couldn’t see them.  I called.  No answer.  I went around the house and saw Billy in the front yard.  He hustled back and answered that, yes, he’d opened the gate.  Then I realized Rusty was missing.  I called his name just as I saw him getting near the road – the road with a speed limit of 50 mph.  Thankfully, he turned and came to me when he heard his name.  Life #1.

Tonight, Kevin and I went out for a drive while my mom watched the boys.  When we returned home, we noticed a window screen on the garage roof just outside the boys’ bedroom window.  I suddenly remembered that after Billy’s “nap” (no sleeping actually happened) his bedroom blinds were crooked.  That generally means he was on the window seat peeking out.  When asked, Billy hesitantly admitted that, yep, he’d been looking out the window for the “white thing on the roof.”  He got a very stern lecture about opening that bedroom window.  Life #2.

That’s just two examples of what this boy survives.  Glad the Lord is watching out for him!

The roll-over is Tommy.  That baby rolled from his back to his belly today.  He wasn’t too happy about being on his belly, but when I flipped him over, he went right back to his belly.  He’s trying to do it on the changing table as well and is going to end up in the sink if he isn’t careful (we change diapers on our bathroom counter).

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