The other day, I was importing some photos from our camera onto the computer and I discovered this one among them. I was pretty surprised to see it--I didn't take the photo, so I guess Adam did. He didn't really remember it, but unless Emily took it he's the only other possibility. Makes me wonder just exactly what was going on at that moment. He's looking in the spot where the milk is kept.If I sometimes feel like the kids are running the show around here, with Mom and Dad in charge of crowd control and maintaining some level of sanity, this is my evidence. There are moments like this one when, on the verge of possible disaster, we are able to avoid or prevent it. Can't you just see the possibility for disaster in the photo? A pitcher of orange juice could have spilled--the egg carton by Mike's feet could have been used as a foot stool, etc.
Our kids have so much to learn . . . and we have so much to learn from them.
. . .The whole shelf could've crashed down on top of him, complete with spilled OJ and crunched eggs. . . The possibilities are definitely looming. :) It IS pretty amazing to think of some of the catastrophes that we somehow skirt by without a scratch. Like when you get jabbed with a pencil or something a quarter inch from your eyeball.
ReplyDeleteI love the shot though. The man knows what he wants, and no amount of danger (or logic) can keep him from trying to get it. :)
Exactly! So many close calls! It doesn't help that this little guy will do whatever it takes to get what he wants without knowing the risks. So it turns out what I thought was OJ is a jar of applesauce, but it's still dangerous because the jar is glass.
ReplyDeleteBut no one mentioned the risk of hypothermia, while searching in the fridge. Heaven knows I've spent a lot of time looking in fridges for something to eat and came out of it with nothing but a chill that took the entire day of sitting with a heater and a blanket to get rid of it.
ReplyDeleteRob - Next time you are in Mesquite you should check out Grandma and Grandpa's walk-in fridge out in their garage. Risk of hypothermia there is even higher, but instead of being from trying to find something, its from trying to decide what to try.
ReplyDeleteEssentially you have little wild animals running around your house! I've seen that exact pose many times and never seen any horrible consequences. That's where guardian angels come in!! Kiss my babies on the elbow...say grandma loves them....
ReplyDeleteNext summer whenever we visit Mesquite and it's 110 or above, I now know where to sneak off to to cool down. I found out last summer that cold showers there are more like luke-warm showers, and don't pack the cooling-off punch that was to be expected, or even needed. Thanks Adam for that little bit of chilling news.
ReplyDeleteWorse yet, he could have reached for the sour cream to put on his ham sandwich instead of mayonnaise...and then maybe he could have eaten celery...mega yuck.
ReplyDeleteNo kidding, Rob, that really would be the best place to cool down in Mesquite. Grab a bite of ice cream while you're in there, and you're set. I miss Grandma and Grandpa's house! I'd give anything to be there right now!
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