DJ's (mis)adventures

We don't know what's going other than the fact that it's clear that DJ is acting out... big time.  Why is he acting out?  No idea.  We've totally stopped any attempt at potty training so it can't be that.  Other than being on vacation last week, nothing else has changed.  ::clueless::

So what has he done?

At Eleanor's on Thursday, he climbed out of his crib during nap, and proceeded to get into things.  He reached onto the computer desk, grabbed the digital camera, the stamps (which he started to peel off... they're stickers, of course!), a rubber stamp (really good thing he didn't get that open...), and apparently, the scotch tape because he taped the rails of his crib. 

When he was done with what was on the computer desk, he went into the bathroom.  He found the tube of Desitin, and proceeded to squirt it into the sink, and then wipe it around like finger painting.  Then he took it into the playroom and squirted it onto the glass doors (and finger painted with it there, too).  And the kicker... he squirted into holes in the rug. 

Both Steve and I were speechless.  We don't even know where to start.  It turns out that we should have heeded the warning...

This morning I left early for my annual required service to the field hockey officials organization.  I left the door to our room open so Steve could hear the kids when they wake up.  He heard DJ when DJ started banging a pepper grinder onto a tuna can. 

Wait, what?

I received a text from Steve that said DJ had gotten into the pantry, and had poured sugar and breadcrumbs all over the rug.

DJ's pantry raid

It looks like DJ actually dumped the powdered creamer we had in case of the no-half-n-half-for-coffee-emergency as opposed to the full 5 pound bag of sugar (and matching flour) we have a few shelves up.  The reason Steve thought it was the sugar is because DJ said "the sugar tasted sweet" and the breadcrumbs "smelled good".  At least we know our boy has good taste; picked the Italian Breadcrumbs to dump onto our rug.

DJ also chose to pour the creamer into corners on the rug inside his room, next to his door hinges.

 The creamer was sprinkled next to the door hinges on the floor in DJ's room.

He also sprinkled some powdered creamer next to the corners where the gate latches and by the hinges in the rug, of course, and not, conveniently, on the tile.

More creamer in the corners

Because this just couldn't get any better, DJ took some of the breadcrumbs and sprinkled some of those in front of the hall bathroom on the rug, of course, and not, conveniently, on the tile.

The glass bottle was empty, so thankfully, he didn't pour any liquid out, else we'd probably be tearing up the rug today. 

A close-up view of the most damage.

As you can see, DJ played with his pile of breadcrumbs and creamer like a sandbox, having put the breadcrumb can in the middle of it.  Also evidenced here are the tools DJ used to wake up Steve, the pepper grinder (which was also empty), and the tuna cans which now have nice dents in them.

You can also see an empty Jello chocolate pudding box.  The actual bag of pudding mix is buried under the breadcrumb pile near the back (towards the empty breadcrumb can), and we found that it was unopened, thankfully.  That would have been one step closer to disaster.

But we were REALLY thankful that DJ did not open the bottle of the Light Corn Syrup.  I normally wouldn't worry about that because the bottle is made from pretty solid plastic and if unopened, has a foil safety topper stuck on the inside.  But because this bottle is partly used, all he would have had to do was flip open the top or twist off the top, and we most definitely would have been ripping up the carpet today.

Needless to say, Steve went to Walmart and bought more door knob covers!!!!  One for the pantry, one for the hall bathroom (he's been going in and turning on the sink), one for the basement (even though it has a lock, one for the outside of Elektra's room, and one for the utility closet.