Typical Trouble

With her black eye finally faded, Paige is determined to find more trouble to get into. She is daring and independent and takes advantage of a turned back quicker than you can say "Where'd that baby go?"

Here are three examples from her arsenal of "tricks." None of these were staged, and yes she's in the same outfit because they all happened within mere moments of each other...I'm not kidding.

Paige's biggest object of desire? Big sister's trampoline. We were keeping it in Mommy and Daddy's room to keep Paige away but after a couple of late night stubbed-toe-cursing episodes we relented and put it back in the hallway. On the rare occasions that Reese dismounts, Paige crawls over, climbs on top, stands up, and jumps. Yes, I said jump. She barely gets her toes off the trampoline, but she holds the handle and goes buck wild. I can't decide what the more likely injury will be--head injury from a fall, or cracked teeth from banging her chin on the handle bar.



Scoop her off the trampoline, redirect her, and odds are you end up with this:


While picking up the tissues (and trying to decide if they're still usable), she will find one of Reese's two chairs (in her bedroom or the small rocking chair we have in the living room), scale it, and try to dive over the back.

And this doesn't even chronicle the fun she has if the bathroom or pantry doors are left even slightly ajar.