Toddler stuff

It's been a busy day here on Walton mountain.

• For all of those recent parents that read this, how do you childproof your garbage can? She's in the scavenging stage. On Tuesday she kept bring garbage to the FP Gal as if it was a prize of some sort. We've put it in our fenced off pantry with the cat food and water but it's incredibly inconvenient.
• Relia drew first blood today and I felt terrible about it. She opened up one of the drawers in the kitchen and fished around in there until she found the scissors. She wandered in to the living room and started crying. And blood was coming out of her lip! Not a big wound, but it was obviously one of those awful parent moments. And yes, we're fixing it.
• It never ceases to amaze me how far she can reach. And how persistent she is when she finds a target. This morning she climbed onto my chair at the computer. Then she got my phone and called the FP Gal's cell phone. I only hope that she never randomly calls the police.
• To keep her away from the computers, we usually pull the chairs away and tip them over. Yesterday morning she climbed up on the tipped over chair so that she could still reach the keyboard. She wants to see the kitties.
• Relatedly, did you know that the space bar acts as a 'page down' while reading blogs? Also, a google search for '////////111111.4' doesn't bring up anything. (Until now that is.)
• She is bound and determined to put her own shoes on. She usually doesn't get the right/left thing correct. And sometimes it's backwards. And there is often yelling and frustration. But she is determined.
  
• Another question for parents: what is she going to get into next? Any hints on what we need to prepare for?
  
• I don't want this to sound frustrated because we're not. Actually, we're very happy with her. Sometimes exasperated and tired, but very happy.