This is how he goes right now. Up, down, up, down, all fours, hands and toes, up, down, slide backward, up, down, slide backward. He can travel all the way across the room - backward. It's like a reverse army crawl. I can't really say he's crawling since it's not forward movement, but he's definitely a mover! On Melissa's slick floor, he could also spin in circles on his tummy. Up, down, turn, up, down, turn, slide backward, roll, spin. And he's five feet away from where you put him in no time.
I was taking these photos when I looked up and saw this.
The little blur in the bottom left corner of the photo is Jax's fuzzy head.
The kid who got caught in the photo is Schroeder. Three years old, and full of delight and mischief as three-year olds are prone to be.
He had been snacking on these Annie's organic bunny crackers during the day. He kept getting caught, and getting put in time out, with the box moved a little higher out of his reach. I looked up and saw him looking at me, the box in one hand, and the silver foil bag of bunny crackers in the other. I said, "I don't think you're supposed to have those." Melissa overheard me from the other room, and her Mommy voice resonated with THAT tone we all recognize, "Schroeder!" Without a word, Schroeder slowly, very slowly, squatted down, setting the box and the foil back silently on the floor behind him. He has just dropped the box in this image. Then he walked away, leaving them behind like he'd never touched them.
By the end of the day, the bunnies were completely gone.
It's one of the things I've found to be true with other people's children, with my nieces and nephews, and I'm sure will be true of my own. They can be SO DARN FUNNY when they're being bad. And you're just trying so hard not laugh because they are SO funny, but they are seriously in trouble, and you can't laugh, you have to hold it in somehow so they don't think their poor behavior is humorous, but it REALLY IS because they're just so darn cute even when they're sneaking chocolate bunnies.
