deja vu

Spring has sprung, and the weather could not be more ideal – blue skies and warmer temps.  Which of course means more time outside.

This morning, the littles were driving me absolutely insane a little antsy so I made them get their shoes on and go outside to play.  A few minutes later, I walk to the open door to check on them and see W tying a rope around his waist.

Me: Um, whatcha doin'?

W: Tyin' this rope around my waist.

Me:  Uh huh, I see that.  WHY?

W: So I can jump outta that tree.  (pointing to one of our camellia bushes)

Me: No, I don't think that's a good idea.  You might fall and hurt yourself.

W: ...

Me: ...

W:  Well, actually, I'm gonna jump UP in the tree.

Me: Okey dokey.  (thinking THAT will never happen, I decided to keep an eye on him just in case I need to notify the NBA or something)


Moments later, I hear yelling.  Not the "we're fighting over something" kind of yelling that causes me to pause to see if they can work it out.

Aside: They NEVER work it out without intervention, but I can still hope, right?




No, this was the kind of sound that made me run outside before the neighbors called the po-po, thinking we were surely abusing them or something.  It was actually the same kind of shrieking we heard here.


I ran outside to find this:

W:  MAMA!!!  Mooooommmmmyyyyy!!!  'Lijah's pullin' me outta this tree!!!

E: I puh wit.

Me: *sigh*


Well, considering that I had suggested NOT tying the rope around his waist and that it was at most a 3 foot drop, I just stood and watched (camera in hand), determining to let this one play out and maybe, just maybe, a valuable lesson could be learned.


Heh.


In spite of the menacing look of the littlest little, the rope came untied and no one fell to their demise.  W merely jumped down, and they set off to find something ELSE to get into.


Unfortunately, there were no lessons learned here.  Well, except maybe one, that the littles can't be trusted, but I pretty much knew that already.  Oh yeah, and that they are without exception the cause of my rapidly graying hair.  Lucky they're cute.