"Just give it to me... No, don't stab me with it!"

We were eating dinner tonight, and both children ate reasonably well, which was a pleasant change. Morgan was pretty much done her food, but still had her fork, and was playing with it.

Mom asked for the fork.

Morgan continued to play.

"Just give it to me..."

To which Morgan responded by thrusting the fork, pointy side forward, towards Mom's hand.

"Don't stab me with it!" she exclaimed and took the fork.

Now you are likely thinking "She didn't know any better..." but you would have to know Morgan. She looks so cute and sweet and innocent. And thats what she wants you to believe as she is...

... stabbing you with a fork.
... stepping on the cat.
... pulling all the movies off the shelf.
... pouring water/tea/pop all over the couch/floor.
... yanking on the wiring behind the entertainment unit, nearly clearing the top of it in the process.

Yes, she is our cute, sweet, innocent little demon hell-child from the 9th level.

We never had this much trouble with the older one.

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Riddle Me This...

How do you get corn into a toddlers nose? I mean without them putting it there herself?

Today at dinner Morgan discovered that her mouth and nose are connected... the hard way. We were happily eating dinner when we heard a sneeze come from Morgans end of the table. A sneeze wouldn't normally upset her, except that she did it with a mouth full of food... thus, a large portion of what was in her mouth became lodged up her nose.

Morgan, having never before experienced this, was understandably upset. We encouraged her to continue sneezing and coughing, and thought she was fine, but then she wouldn't settle, something was bothering her still. My wife tipped her head up, and sure enough, there was something stuck there. Out came the tweezers, and she proceeded to pull a rather large kernel of corn from the poor child's nose. We figured this was it, because really... she's not even 2, how much could she possibly have up there?

But there was still something there, she was still upset. My wife tried to get her to blow her nose, but it wouldn't budge.

Riddle me that... how do you get said corn back out of a toddlers nose once it's inadvertently lodged there?

A little trick I learned at the doctors office. Get your toddler to sit very still (not an easy task for a toddler with corn stuck up her nose), place your mouth over hers and form a seal (think CPR), plug the nostril with nothing in it... and BLOW.

Oh... and don't forget the tissue...

And so it begins...

Yup, I'm here. I'm making a post. Somehow I don't think anybody will be interested in reading this, but I figured that since I read so many blogs on a daily basis, I might as well write one too.

Some topics I may cover, including, or not neccesarily so, and certainly not limited to:

Dungeons and Dragons
My Kids
Work?
Random Thoughts

And so on... I can't think of anything else right now, its too late, and I'm tired.

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