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Life with Levi
Levi’s favorite
teacher
By Amanda Rodeheffer-Olson
I love my son, and I love my husband. But I hate leaving them alone
together!
Seems like every time Mommy comes home after a father-son bonding day,
Levi has learned some new trick that Mommy really wishes that he hadn’t
learned.
For example, Aaron had a day off last week so he and Levi got to stay
home together. I walk in the door from a long day at work and Daddy
says, “Levi! Show Mommy what you learned today!”
Levi giggles and takes off running down the hall towards the bathroom.
He makes a beeline for the toilet and…
Flush!
Giggle, giggle, giggle!
I have to admit, it was cute. The first time. And maybe even the second
time.
But the next day I was home sick from work, with little Levi to keep me
company. I can see him playing in the living room as I’m doing dishes.
But eventually, he is out of my line of vision. So I yell his name.
I hear little feet running down the hall and watch him round the corner
into the kitchen. He’s grinning.
So I ask, “Levi, show Mommy what you were doing?”
He once again takes off running, through the living room, down the hall
and into the bathroom.
Flush!
Giggle, giggle, giggle!
Not so cute anymore. Because now he won’t stop flushing the toilet!
The very next day, Daddy taught him that it’s cool to sit in gift bags
and be carried around in them. And it’s even more fun to destroy the
bag when you’re done!*
*Two very nice gift bags were harmed in the process of this learning
exercise
Needless to say, Daddy had a good talking to. Not that it did any good,
but he still got one.
Why? Well, mostly because Daddy has a great long list of things that he
wants to teach our son. And since Daddy teaches it to him, Levi thinks
it’s okay for him to do those things.
Daddy’s biggest goals are to teach Levi how to pinch Mommy using only
his toes (a wonderful trick that Daddy uses on Mommy quite a lot) and
to teach him that an ink pen is called a refrigerator.
Don’t ask.
Up to now, the list of things that Daddy has already taught him is a
bit scary. Levi can use the DVD player (this was not taught
intentionally, but still counts), hits the front of my stove to watch
the light inside light up, unlatches the baby gates, and throws a
rubber ball against the wall so that it bounces back to you. Bad part
about the last one is that Levi’s aim isn’t as good as Daddy’s.
But it’s ok. Because Mommy has a list of things for Levi to learn, too.
And at the top of the list is to climb on the bed and wake Daddy up by
licking his face.
A little gross, yes, but I’ve gotta try to one-up Daddy somehow.
Mwah-ah-ah!
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