to be two - a milk melt down

To be two - the joys and the hardships my son Gavin must go through everyday. Sometimes watching him brings a smile to my face - as his little eyes just light up with learning something new, or sharing a story from the day at the sitters. However other times, his frustration - well it can cause me frustration as well. 

In just trying to post this first blog, I no more than sat down to begin typing and I hear MUMMMM MUM MUM Mommy! MUM - i answer with a nice - what do you need Gavin. He is in the kitchen and I probably know the answer to the question before he even speaks - but of coarse it is a clear " MILK " and he needs it precisely now. Of coarse, I get up and go into the kitchen and open the refrigerator door and grab his milk off the top shelf and hand it to him, and begin to walk into the living room - when I begin to hear a squeaky like cry. What?! I ask as I turn around. " I GET IT" - of coarse you do... I am just about to tell him no when I realize this battle is not worth fighting this time in the morning with him. So of coarse I open the fridge and let him set it on the shelf and grab it down and I shut the door and begin to walk back into the living room. 


Now this would of been the end of it a couple months ago he would of been happy for the next fifteen minutes - gleaming ear from ear. However not today - as the squeak like cry began to come - first a squeaky whimper and before he can scream and wake up my four month old daughter - i ask - WHAT! - okay your right I have lost my patience by this time, I turn around and he says " I CLOSE IT " - of coarse you do. Wow, who would of thought now he needs to 'close' the refrigerator door as well. I can't imagine where this journey will turn to next - the whole milk thing just keeps progressing. 

Some of you may be curious as to why he couldn't just open the door and get his milk himself and join us all back in the living room, well that would just make sense. However we had purchased a simple refrigerator lock for the fridge at least a year ago. It was necessary at the time, as he thought we needed butter-cheese-milk-left overs - lettuce - beer, whatever he could reach at anytime of the day.  He just loves to bring things to us. So we got a lock to keep the refrigerator closed and the mess down. Besides - what does a 1 year old really need in a fridge. Well now he is two - but still not ready for this responsibility. So the Milk Melt downs will continue. JOY!