Proving my point...

...First a little Parker update...

He will be having surgery at the end of April on both eyes.  His glasses are full strength and still his eyes want to float inward, definitely not as bad as without the glasses though.  So they are only helping somewhat.  He has what the Dr. calls Partially Accomadative Esotropia.  So basically, his cross-eyed-ness only fixes part way with different types of therapy.  The rest has to be fixed with surgery.  While we are waiting for the surgery date, we are dilating the "good" eye to make it blurry.  This acts as a patch (since he won't leave a patch on) so that his "bad" eye can work harder and hopefully get a bit stronger on it's own.  His Dr. will cut the muscles a bit that are pulling his eyes inward and hopefully then with the help of his glasses (and possible patching), he will be able to see straight.

I have said it lots of times that my little Parker-pants is a busy, mischievous child!  I have also said lots of times how absolutely wonderful and fabulously sweet he is too.  He is super sensitive and loves to hug and snuggle.  He LOVES babies and thinks anyone smaller than him is a baby.  He is very gentle with babies and certain things, but then can get down and dirty with Zach and Chloe and be all boy - rowdy and destructive and full of energy!  He is just a mix of so many different things!  I have said many times that he can be a super naughty little guy too!  I don't let him leave my sight for less than a minute or so, because I will pay the price if I do (or I fear he will break his neck falling off of something!).  It will be interesting to see how this all plays out when I am busy with a newborn!  I'm a little scared, but I am hoping his love for babies will keep him in the same room! 

The thing is, when he is being naughty, he is absolutely as sweet as can be about it.  Whether it is splashing water or food all over, hitting his sister, turning the TV off while Zach watches, making a mess, climbing on counters and furniture...and everything!, dumping toys that were just cleaned 5 seconds before - No matter what it is, he does it with a happy little smiley face.  He is super sweet about it (usually) and it is hard to get after him...sometimes.  He often will even come tattle on himself and then quickly want to say sorry to make things better.  He really is just adorable, but some days...I am exhausted from chasing him around the house all day!  He is SO BUSY!!!

Here are some examples...

Zach had dish night and hadn't gotten the table cleared all the way.  I went to the basement for literally about 2 minutes (remember...1 minute too long!) to start some laundry and when I came up, I found this...

Happily feeding Baxter our dinner!! 

I wish I could get the video to work....I'll keep trying...

Next is a little story...

The other day, he had a bit of a runny nose.  Not horrible, but enough to require a kleenex every once in a while.  Well, he was in a very teasy mood that day and he decided that it would be really funny to wipe it on my sweatshirt multiple times.  He would laugh and I would tell him to quit!!  He would laugh as I pushed his nose away and then he would try to get my shirt even more.  (yes, I know, my laughing didn't help!  But he was just being so dang funny while doing it!)

As I was making dinner, he decided that Chloe would be his next target.  Now, let's remember that he totally knows how to push her buttons and she has not figured out how screaming actually makes him want to do it more!  Parker tried to wipe his nose on Chloe and she screamed and started running away.  So...what does he do, he chases her!!  All while saying he was going to wipe snot on her!  Around and around they went, Chloe screaming, Parker laughing...my two year old chasing my almost 5 year old!!  SO naughty, but oh so funny!!  He proudly told Chris when he got home, "I tried to wipe snot on Chloe's shirt!!"  (I really do try to teach my kids manners and to be loving to each other.  But sometimes it is funny to just sit back and watch the funny/naughty things they do!  So yes, go ahead and judge me that I am a crappy mom for letting him do that!  I'm fine if anyone wants to judge - it was hilarious!)

Next Parker naughty-pants story...This one I still am not actually laughing about.  I can see that it will be funny someday, but right now it is still frustrating! 

I was upstairs showering, so Chris was "in charge."  He was busy making a million spudnuts (donuts) for a ward activity and didn't realize that Parker had gone in the other room and was quietly having fun by himself.  When I came down shortly after, I found my little dude and he knew he was caught.  He had climbed this computer chair...

to where he could reach some craft paint I had just put out of his reach (or so I thought) just the day before.  He then proceeded to open it and paint our printer/scanner/fax machine!!  Really!?!?!

After scrubbing with paper towels and cue tips, most of it came off the surface.  But Chris is still going to have to disassemble it and see if he can clean each little button and other tiny surfaces and cracks where I couldn't get to.  The paint has dried and the buttons will not even push down!  Let's hope it is fixable!

In my astonishment and disbelief, I didn’t think to take a picture of the culprit, just of his handiwork. So….does anyone want to question the busy-ness of my child anymore?!!!!  Point proven!!

Regardless of the drama he creates and the messes he makes, I would take them any day just so I can be his mom and have him in our family!  He is so stinkin' cute and truly has brought much joy to us.  I love my Parker SO much!!!