Baby Boy Reclaims His Pseudonym

Baby Boy is, well...a boy. He specializes in creating chaos. When he began to crawl (read: get into mischief) I lovingly called him, Destructo Calrisian (if you love Star Wars...you may recognize where I got the name?). When Baby Boy started getting a hold of board books, he loved to chew them, bend the pages/cover backwards, and generally try to do what he could to pull them apart. I have been able to get him to stop pulling them apart (except for pop-up books, but then, who leaves an almost 2-year old alone with pop-up books? Not me, well at least not on purpose.), chewing and bending still occur and we are still enjoying the destruction of many of my favorite and precious books. But...books were only the beginning. Baby Boy turned to destroying mixing bowls, spoons, his crib rail...basically anything he could get his hands on (which is really everything at this point).

Really, the ruination of the books was bad enough, but in the last few months Baby Boy's destructive capabilities have increased...exponentially. Here is a short list (not exhaustive or complete) of some of the things Baby Boy has maimed, broken, and otherwise completely annihilated over the past few months:

• Three Binkys (why do I still let him have them? Oh, please...I cannot defend myself on this in a simple post)
• The parts of a new wooden car track set (I think I will be able to epoxy or superglue these back together - phew!)
• A section of the stuff that joins the wood laminate flooring and the tile in the kitchen. (It's the stuff that goes over both surfaces to protect and cover the edges - I don't know what you call it)
• The box that holds my husbands beloved boxed set of The Chronicles of Narnia.
• Several assorted toys including the wheels off some of his cars...Baby Boy himself is very upset about this because the cars won't drive smoothly now. He tries to push them along the floor and then cried and says, "Na work-een".
• An indestructible and shatter-proof Corelle plate - BTW...it shattered into about a bazillion pieces.
• And last but not least...my rocking chair! He tipped it over (yes, he was standing up and rocking himself in the chair) and the top of the chair broke off! (Don't worry, Baby Boy wasn't hurt during this incident) I'm hoping that my good hubby will be able to use his amazing skills at gluing broken things back together and fix this one for me.

I admit...I was very naive about the destructive capabilities of a boy...In my defense, my first child was a girl.

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Side Note:

One of my blogging friends, Jeanette (check out both of her blogs, here and here) is holding a giveaway of some wonderful Newbery Books. Newbery Books are wonderful for many reasons...they are written for adolescents, so they are generally not very long, well written and accessible (not difficult to read). Looking at the books she is giving away...I am hoping to win the giveaway myself, but everybody needs a chance to know about it. Am I not generous?