1. The heating ducts. When my daughter was small, I rigged the ducts with a mesh and duct tape to prevent her from throwing more toys down it. I reinforced them for little man, but he is more determined than a half a roll of duct tape. While I made lunch today, he broke one loose and proceeded to "feed it" fruit snacks, two race cars, a beanie baby, and one small book. I think I managed to successfully remove everything, but I can't be sure.
2. Daddy's shoes....clomping around in his work shoes proves to be timeless as this entertains both until they manage to crash to the ground.
3. Any cabinet door....opening and slamming one shut can provide countless giggles. I never realized how sturdy my cabinets were until this point.
4. Closing any door that can be found. If little man ends up on the side of the door that I am not, this changes to mass pandemonium and panic ensues until he is set free again...only to repeat the process a few minutes later.
5. Blankets and towels act like Harry Potter's invisibility cloak and allow two year olds to wander around making scary noises and screeching "Boo, I'm a ghost." Appropriate response is to pretend to be scared. Lack of proper response will cause volume of boo to become utterly deafening.
6. Try to fit under the bathroom door to see what might possibly be taking Mommy so long.
7. Crawling through the open shelf of end tables and getting stuck between the far wall and end table so that one must be pulled out by a panicked, kicking foot.
And the most entertaining item in the house.......
8. The coffee table. It can be a racetrack, dance floor, trampoline, climbing wall, cabinet to hide in, chair, bed, and sliding board. The possibilities are endless and attempts to curtail these innovations will be ignored. Any pretense of acknowledgement will be forgotten when the next idea surfaces, or mommy looks away. Whichever happens first. I hope Santa is taking notes for next Christmas!
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