laughter is the best medicine....

it's been quite a morning with the littlest person here in the miculka home!  i laugh at him when i probably really shouldn't but sometimes?  its the better option.  i could get frustrated and upset or i can laugh.  so i choose laughter because you know how the saying goes and i find it to be so true ~ laughter really is the best medicine!

first dylan found a can of olives.  still haven't figured out where because the pantry was closed when i checked. (my assumption was that he had gotten into the pantry but nope!) so random.  in our home we call him baby hulk ~ he's crazy strong. he threw the can of olives (trying to be playful) and hit colby in the face. i laughed.  not my proudest mommy moment but seriously??  there was something so hilarious about seeing this little dude chunk a can of olives that far!  i quickly apologized to colby for laughing but then he started laughing too.  (remember?  its the best medicine)

a few minutes later i was on the phone with veronica laughing about dylan and his not so 11 month old tendencies when he walks into the living room with 1/2 a roll of paper towels. ummmm....he can't reach the open roll of paper towels so time to investigate. i walk around the corner and find this....



awesome. cue the laughter!  hang up with veronica and walk around into the kitchen and realize it isn't just one roll that he has had fun with......

its two. i really don't even think the pictures do it justice.  there was ALOT of paper towels everywhere. {sigh} dylan quickly realizes he's done something he wasn't supposed to so he begins cleaning up.....

this dude cracks me up!  of course the attention span of an 11 month old is approximately 11 seconds so he quickly forgot all about cleaning up and left me to it! i was almost finished when i looked up and saw this.....

look at that little smirk!  he KNOWS he isn't supposed to be in the pantry but i guess the door didn't get closed all the way and mommy was busy so why not!  how could you not laugh with that sweet little face looking back at you??!  at this point i figured it best to just head into the play room with him and get him busy playing instead of getting into trouble.  accept that no more than one minute later he brought me a nerf dart looking like this....

the top of it gone.  looking suspiciously like it was bitten off.  fantastic.  dig in his mouth but if he bit it off then he had already swallowed it. {sigh}  ask the big boys to watch him for a few minutes while i call the nurses hotline and make sure its not something i need to take him in for! (i know this is my 3rd child but i seriously feel like a 1st time mom with him sometimes!)  get the all clear...just watch him closely for the rest of the day and watch his stools for the next couple of days. right as i'm hanging up the phone the big boys call for me from dylan's room and i walk in to find this......



this was all before 8am. oh dylan.  never a dull moment!  he was so proud of himself and he's just so darn cute about being mischievous!!  i  must say that as a mommy that its so true ~ laughter really is the best medicine and i'm so thankful that God blesses me with the ability to laugh my way thru these tiring mornings with my sweet little handful!  i'm also very grateful for nap time! ;)

He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

~Isaiah 40:29~