My son is BANANAS!

I think Jacob's goals in life are: "What can I do to make my mom's heart stop without actually causing her to keel over?" and "What other shenanigans can I get into that will cause my mom the most amount of work to clean up?" You don't believe me? I present to you...

Exhibit A


Exhibit B

And Exhibit C.

Oh, don't tell me that the video of him jumping on the couch is no big deal. You must have forgetten how coordinatedly-challenged my son is. If he can barely keep himself from falling on a stable, non-moving, concrete surface, there is no way standing on a COUCH is going to be any easier. He recently discovered the joys of jumping with his feet actually leaving the ground so this has been his favorite thing to do lately, as well as his favorite video to watch. Cracks him up every time!

And the photo of him covered in the sugar-candy... the boy had the audacity to LAUGH as I attemped to brush the candy off of his clothes and into the dustpan. How dare he laugh that adorable machine-gun-laugh of his (someday I will HAVE to try to capture this audio - it's the funniest laugh ever!!) while I was CLEARLY trying to scold him for making such a big mess! Couldn't he see that I was trying to be furious with him?

Alas, no matter how greatly skilled he is at aggravating me, he's still got me wrapped around his little finger. I just hope I can survive all the little jolts to my heart that he likes to induce. I'm sure as he gets older, the stuff he gets himself into will be a lot "bigger and better!" than what I'm being put through now!