Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Watch out! There's a Scotty on the Loose!

Scotty has been getting into anything and everything lately. He makes so many messes that some days it's hard to get anything else done. #1--When we were in Willcox, he was watching a movie and was quiet. I was in the other room and when I came to see how he was doing, I found the entire box of kleenex empty and Scotty was laying in a bed of Kleenex. He had a huge wad under his head for a pillow and the rest spread all over around him. He looked at me like he was the smartest thing ever and said, "Pillow."
#2--Right before my parents came to visit for the weekend, I was trying to get more boxes emptied and put away. I heard noises coming from the living room. It sounded like a plastic sack tearing. I ran in to find that Scotty had somehow pulled a whole loaf of bread down from the counter. He had bit into the bag and then ripped it open. He had about 7 slices of bread on the floor. He looked up at me, picked up a couple of slices and took a big bite and said, "Sandwich!"
#3--The same day as the bread incident, I was out of the room for a few minutes and I came in to find that Scotty had gotten my purse unzipped. He was sitting on the couch with gum wrappers all around him. He had taken my gum from my purse and had eaten almost all of it.
#4--My parents came and we were in Tucson choosing a washer and dryer. We were in a big appliance store and Scotty got away just as someone had opened a door that led back into an employee only area of the building. There was a door in that area that led out the back of the store. They had that door propped open. Scotty made a mad dash. My dad ran after him. The fast little booger was all the way outside before dad caught up to him.
#5--That same weekend, Scotty decided he wanted to try to "go potty" on his own. We found him in the bathroom with his little toilet seat on the toilet and a whole roll of toilet paper off the roll. Most was in the toilet but some on the floor. As soon as I found him he took off running. When I found him he had just shoved a soaking wet clump of toilet paper in his mouth. Yuck! What can you do for toilet mouth?
#6--This past week, I had just finished folding all of the laundry. I needed to fix lunch, so I had stacked the folded laundry in the laundry baskets and put them on my bed. Everything was a little too quiet, again, so I went to search for Scotty. There he was on my bed. Laundry...............no longer in baskets and he was rolling around in it and throwing some up in the air laughing.
#7--I was in the bathroom doing Scotty's hair. He crawled up on the toilet and reached up and pulled the Q-tip container off of the shelf and dumped it all over the bathroom floor.
Between all of these things, were many other things that he did. Like throwing the hugest fits in public places. Pulling stuff off of the shelves in grocery stores. Just yesterday I had to get some things at the store. I was in a hurry and just reached in and unloaded everything onto the belt. The lady checked my stuff and I was on my way. When I got home and unloaded the sacks, I found about 3 things that I didn't put in the cart and never intended to buy. Sneaky little Scotty. Most people would have taken pictures of each incident above for blogging purposes. My first thought is not usually "this will be cute for story telling." I don't get that far past my frustrations to go find the camera. I Love my little guy so much but when will I ever be able to get the stuff done that I had planned on doing, instead of cleaning up his messes all day?
Here's a pic of a happier time in the life of Scotty and Scotty's momma!!

7 comments:

Cassie said...

I'm am so glad to hear that it is not just Justin...2 year old boys..what to do with them?

Jodilyn said...

Isn't it funny how we just can't wait for them to walk, and then once they can get into things we wish they had never learned how to walk.

It's a good thing he's a cutie! ;)

I can't wait to see you guys. Thanks for picking the girlies up from school today.

Laurie said...

He and Gracie would get along sooooo well. She loves tissue, wet toilet paper, and freshlly folded laundry.
They must be related.
He's such a cutie!!!!!

p.s. I know Gus just got your address but I think I accidentally threw it away. Would you mind emailing it to me. Sorry;)

Allred's said...

Holy cow, I would say what a terror, but not want to hurt feelings. But how the heck do you keep up with that kid. I think this is why the Lord keeps sending me girls, because I don't deal well with messes. But how can you resist that cute little face. Hope all is well in your spanish speaking area. Lot's of Love, Amy

Matt and Kaaryn said...

My apologies. It appears Scotty has taken after his uncle. . . Not this uncle, of course.

Dababneh Family said...

I love to hear about these sorts of things, they make me feel better about my life. Rigley has taken to emptying out any cupboard or drawer that doesn't have a childproof lock on it. And if someone forgets to close the pantry all the way he has a feast on "cookies" everytime, and he also is a huge fan of the toliet must be in the genes. Good luck!

Alona said...

Moms go straight to heaven.