Bean,  Fun Things,  Parenting,  Playing

Infantile Coup

In our little rental house, there isn’t much that is off limits for Bean.  Everything is so close together that no matter where he is, I can almost always see him.  But there are times when I really need to pay attention to something and I don’t want to have to worry that he is getting into something he shouldn’t be into.  Sometimes I use his play pin and he’s alright with that but he only stays happily in it for about 15 minutes at a stretch.  And I can’t blame him because it’s so small.  So, Chris and I have figured out how to pin him into a play area in the living room.  That way, he has an entire baby-proof room to roam in, instead of a little play pin.  I like to think of it as more of a gated community.  Bean thinks he is being held captive.

But yesterday, this happened…

Clearly, the prisoners (Bean and his accomplices, Lucy and Big Molly) have orchestrated a coup.  And what was their objective?

To commandeer the Tupperware cabinet.

I gave him one last chance at a peaceful resolution, but he looked me clear in the eye and yelled out, “INDEPENDENCE OR DIE!”

And with that cry, the perpetrator began to dismantle my Tupperware.  He showed no remorse.

By the time the prisoner was captured, he had managed to single-handedly dismantle an entire cupboard.  I had no choice but to take the subject into custody, change his diaper, and give him a meal before putting him down for the most dreaded nap in solitary confinement.

Fear not, he was justly treated.

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