Electric Avenue

Big Bad Ty learned something on Monday about light sockets. That is, it's a bad idea to stick two keys into a plug. I don't know how he reached the keys or what possessed him to try this, but the two little keys (think padlock size) were joined by a small metal keyring and that sucker was toasted. The keys were a bit singed also, as was T's middle finger. He was fine after about 30 minutes, but the initial shock and the lingering burn mark and pain should be enough to deter this little guy from trying that again.

And for those of you saying, "Well Smart Guy, why wasn't the socket protected?" I say to you, "I dunno." It was where it was and the keys were supposedly out of reach, so we learned that we need to install some more of those plastic socket baby proofers, which we did. So they're now fully stopped up. He now would have to remove the plastic baby proofer to stick something else into the socket...which I'm not putting past him, this kid is dangerous. He's like a 3 foot high Evil Kenivel, just without the full body jumpsuits and motorcycle. Though that would be a good Halloween costume. Hmmmmm....gonna run that one past the wife.

Today is his second day of preschool, he loved the first one on Tuesday, so we'll see if that enthusiasm will last. When I asked him if he remembered his teachers name, he just told me, "He's a girl." Which is true, he is a girl, but he's also called a she. Which is something else that we're working on. The whole masculine/feminine pronoun understanding. We'll get there by Senior year, I'm almost sure of it.

Also, for this installment of, "Listen To What I Tell You To And You'll See Your Future" we're going to have a song that T's been listening to almost nonstop for the past couple of weeks, so it's stuck in my head at the moment. It's called "The Ballad of Casey McPhee" It's from Sesame Street, sung by Cookie Monster, or Frank Oz for those of you who've lost that bit of your childhood. Cookie Monster plays an engineer who must get his trainload of cookies, chocolate milk, ice cream, and 'Moo Cows' through a snowed in mountain pass for the kids on the other side. It really kick some serious tail and I can't wait for the tour to come around.