Monday, March 31, 2008

Why?!

So a couple of hours ago I was doing that afore mentioned homework while little G played quietly in his room. As I breezed through my reading enjoying the peace, it suddenly struck me that I was making the horrible rookie mistake of assuming that because my child was quiet he was not destroying something. BIG MISTAKE! I decided it was time to check on my little angel and see what he was up to. Was he in his room, playing nicely with his toys? No...

I walked into our room to find him on the floor with our brand new computer splayed out as he is pushing all sorts of buttons! I grabbed the computer and we had a talk about the fact that he knows he is not allowed to use it unless Mommy and Daddy help. Then it happened. As I moved it to the dresser I noticed that it was rattling. Now I don't know if anyone is the computer expert that I am, but rattling is usually not a good sign. It was then that I realized that rather than quietly playing with toys as I had assumed, he had been shoving things into the disk drive opening. (Since it is a mac, it's just a slot across the side.) Sure enough I shook 4 quarters out of the disk drive and little G landed himself a spot in time out.

WHY do kids come up with these things?! I hope that the computer is alright. I used the drive and it worked. On the upside, I suppose I know where to look next time I need some spare change.

2 comments:

Jill said...

It's too easy to just continue what you're doing when your kids are being quiet. And then you pay for it...dearly.

Cher said...

I'm glad that the computer is okay. I was telling my mom your story and she said that she remembers those days. I love that you tell that story and the next picture is of G in his cute vest and tie. You are going to have to watch him like a hawk!