Still Counting it all Joy

For reasons too long to recount, Casey’s surgery (scheduled for this morning) is being re-scheduled again.   He is fine, and will have it done in the next few weeks, depending on the surgeon’s schedule… He passes along his thanks for the well-wishes, and we’ll keep you posted!

So let’s get back to the “mommy” part of MommyBlog!  

As Kenny approaches his big TWO, he is becoming ever-more the rascal I have expected him to be.   He is completely incapible of sitting on chairs, and instead prefers to stand and bouce, or climb onto the chair back and teeter like a circus performer about to do a leap to the trapeeze.  

Two days ago I had to take away the rocking horse in his room, as he discovered that it is much more fun to ride by standing on the horses’ back and holding onto his head, than sitting in the saddle.   Until a few weeks ago, he hardly ever rode it, except when his grandparents were here, but then he figured out how to climb up himself, and it’s been chaos ever since, and a major source of contention in the last few days.    I told him that the horse needed a vacation, and he’s now hiding out in the guest room.   Since we don’t have a basement or an attic, the only other option is the garage, but then he’d see it everytime we got in the car, and that would be torture.   Kenny has asked for him a few times, but honestly I think even he is relieved to have this temptation removed from his sight-line.

So now I have a question for you, my readers… How do you enforce discipline on an almost-two-year old?   Specifically in regards to jumping on every bouncy surface in the house.   We go to a gymnastics class (where jumping is the name of the game) and I know that it’s hard to restrain from continuing the fun at home, but it’s getting dangerous.   Any ideas from your Mommies out there??