security breach

Well, as of about 10 minutes ago, the last remaining line of defense between my boys and the kitchen cupboards has been officially breached. Ben watched on, taking notes as Sam, ever motivated to rise to any challenge put before him, mastered the last remaining child lock in existence to have thwarted his efforts thus far. The "child proof" (pfffttt) slide lock was laughably easy to open before he could walk. The baby gates became a redundant piece of furniture as soon as he could stand and reach the offending mechanism - athough, for a time, locking AND TYING the gate closed did the trick (as of 2pm yesterday, he simply by-passed the lock and tie and climbed over it instead). We have tried spatulas and wooden spoons, which simply make enough noise to buy you time to get there before all the contents are emptied onto the floor. The outlet covers, no matter how hard it is for Terry and me to pry them out of the holes, pop easily into his little hand. The last remaining security measure in this house was the cupboard door locks; inconvenient and tricky for most adults to use. Consider it no longer necessary to implement such measures. The cupboards have officially been breached.

Note to self: relocate to Fort Knox.

(By the way, the shirt reads "you can't spell AWESOME without ME". well, that's for sure)