It is hurricane season at my house everyday of the week. My little hurricane makes landfall a few times a day. No matter who often I clean up after this natural disaster, he strikes again, harder and with more fury. I have learned to adapt to working in these conditions.

My favorite and most accomplished skill I have learned in working in a tiny kitchen is “Extreme Cooking” you see as I am hustling back and forth from sink to oven to fridge to microwave and back again. I have to jump or leap over obstacles that block my way. It is such a fun game to play, you can’t avoid it. I have tried containing the hurricane in a neutral zone behind a very sturdy gate, but for a few short seconds I hear a “RAAAWWRRRR” then it just gets ripped and lifted and blown to the side, in comes the hurricane to destroy the rest of my world. Last night I walked on a waffle iron, stubbed my toe on a crock pot, had a cooling rack shoved between my toes, ohh and a Tupperware bowl thrown at my nutz. Good times.

Another fun game is leap frog over the gate, Jackie and I have broke 4 toes a piece on this little contraption. It is designed to block off a section of the room. It also makes a good manicure destroyer. (Who’s manicures? I will let you guess). The dog bowl is also not safe and a good water sport. You see Desmond loves water. Poor Scooter is constantly in a state of dehydration, because her water bowl is either dumped out as soon as it is filled, or it is out of reach where only I can get at it. Poor dog resorted to drinking out of the Christmas tree stand this year. Our tree didn’t stand a chance.

Hide the tivo remote is a fun one, this game back fires on me because if Desmond has not already hidden the remote I have to keep it away from him so I have hidden it. So now I can’t remember where I put it, so I have to look in all my usual places and his usual places too! Will he tell me where the remote is if i ask him? His answer is always RAWWWRR!

I sure do love that little boy, he makes me laugh constantly! He is walking all over the place, he is into everything and is makes life so happy and fun. Last night he was teething so bad, his back teeth are coming in. We took him to the park to get his mind off things and put him on the swing. This is what Jackie and I got to enjoy, and get to enjoy everyday.