Jude is something else.  He does things, scary dangerous things, that would make most parents absolutely freak out.  We, on the other hand, are used to his craziness, his shenanigans, that we don’t react so much.  If we chased him around and took him off of every high place he manages to climb to we would never be able to sit down.  We remove him and he is right back at it.  This is the child who shows you the (remote/ cell phone/camera…) and runs away as fast as his little legs can carry him chortling with glee.

For example:

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There is Gigi sitting peacefully on the couch while Jude is literally standing on the back of the couch, playing with the buttons on the exercise bike and attempting to toss the lamp.  Notice, if you can, that naughty little look on his face.  Does he know that he shouldn’t do this?  ABSOLUTELY!  Nyah nyah!

He also makes his way to the windows at times with is feet on the back of the couch and his forehead pressed to the glass.  He even tries to escape through the window!  In this hot weather, we can’t open the windows until Jude is in bed because he gets out and makes a break for it!

Here he is at mealtimes:

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He starts out fine.  But notice how stripped down the high chair is!  This is him when he first gets close to finishing:

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Yes, that’s my son sitting on his food.  He is still eating at this point and gets even more comfortable with his new seat:

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If this ruse doesn’t work, he stands up and does the fake-out step off.  That is, he stands up and puts one foot over the side.

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We’ve had people over when he does this, and for the mere mortal, it is frightful!  He’s going to FALL!  But, he never has.

Finally, his last effort, and the sign that he is TRULY done with his food, he throws it all on the floor.  We clean him up, Martha gets a treat, and we start the whole process over the next time we feed King Kong the Mountain Goat.

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