'ide?' 'ide?'

Translates into hide.
When my mom and dad visited, (yes this post is from about a month ago) my mom started Lane on a hiding kick. She would hide and he would run to find her and then he would leave the room and when he came back she would be in a different spot, but he always went to the old spot she was in. It was really cute to watch and now he loves playing 'ide.' So every night when I say let's go upstairs and read some books he runs to the stairs and starts his climb.

Matt usually comes up too and we all take turns hiding and then jumping out when we are found. It's not a very quiet or soothing before-bed activity, but he loves it and we get some laughs out of it too!

What a cheese face. I think he was anticipating the flash?

Loving' on his Harley.

Running

from

room to room!

'ide?' 'ide?' Can you see his little mouth saying that?

Then it was Daddy's turn to hide...(this progression cracks me up!)

Lane looking for Daddy...

                  

Daddy jumps out and scares Lane...(check out that face...this man doesn't mess around when he's scaring people, even if they are 1)

Lane laughing and screaming and running away...Daddy cracking up. Matt comes by this honest folks...from his Dad! Trust me, I've heard stories!

                  

And he always comes back for more....

After riling him up, we try to calm down with about 16 books (per his request) and then it's off to bed. And bedtime seems to be getting later and later with this weather and time change. We are outside just about every night so by the time we come in and eat dinner and do bath time, it's near 9 o'clock when we are going up to put him to bed. But I don't mind too much because later bedtime=later morning. The child sleeps in like a teenager! I can get a lot done around here bright and early on the morning, but it is an inconvenience when we have somewhere to be in the morning and he's still sleeping.

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You know it's a good Monday when

1. There's a front row parking spot waiting for you at the gym when you arrive!
2. It's 65* at 10:00!
3. Your parents, whom you haven't seen in 2 months, will be at your door in 24 hours!!!
4. You decide during nap time that sitting on the deck in the sun in a tank top and yoga pants hiked up to your thighs sounds much better than washing the floors. So you forego the floors and soak up the sun while giving yourself a mini manicure and pedicure!
5. Nap time was extra long today so you get the floors washed, the house dusted, and the bathrooms clean for your impending guests!

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