I thought I had it made. The last baby was going to be a breeze and we'd sail through the final years of toddlerhood without any trouble.
Boy, was I wrong.
It seems a switch was flipped a while back and my angel baby has become a pint-sized Godzilla-type creature. He pillages, destroys, and generally leaves a path of destruction wherever he goes. Much like any other one and a half year old. You know the kind.
But every once in a while, I have to sit back and marvel at his genius. I swear he is smarter than any other kid on Earth. Yes, even yours, mother who just scoffed and thought, "She hasn't seen my nine month old play the violin." Trent is smarter than violin playing babies.
Don't believe me? I have proof. Take a look at the picture below.
See my sweet, serene, sleeping babe? He's not sleeping. He is FAKE SLEEPING so that he doesn't have to talk to my mom! I kid you not, my mother started to talk to him and play with him, and Trent immediately closed his eyes and pretended to be sleeping so that she would leave him alone. And he did it with a straight face.
My mom would leave him alone for just a few seconds, until he thought she had gone away, and then he'd open his eyes and look around. He'd catch sight of her again, she'd smile and say something sweet to him, and he would instantly be asleep again.
If that ain't genius, I don't know what is. Seriously. How many kids under two would think to do that? I'm going on vacation with his college fund, cause he's not gonna need it.
As a post script, I need to say that my mom is perfect and has never been anything but awesome to my kids. Trent just doesn't like her when I'm around. It's not her fault. Boy, he seems to love my dad, though, huh? Fake sleeping in his arms like a good little baby.
Oh those clever kids. Sometimes you can just see the wheels turning in their heads.
ReplyDeleteYou are SO right....no need for a college fund! What a smartie, and so adorable too (which I am sure makes it hard to be mad when he pillages).
ReplyDeleteI plan to try his trick the next time my MIL is visiting, so I don't have to talk....
That's absolutely hilarious! Watch out for that one!!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! It's a great defense mechanism. My guy just avoids eye contact, therefore you don't exist. Ha!
ReplyDeleteOne smart baby boy! He is just a charmer down deep!
ReplyDeleteWow, impressive! Did he learn that from his older brothers?
ReplyDeleteMom told me about this - she was pretty impressed as well. He is so funny!!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the narcolepsy thing would work for adults, too? Probably not.
ReplyDeleteOh, and he totally looks like Dr. Evil from Austin Powers in that 2nd picture. Too cute!
Haha.
ReplyDeleteI should pretend to sleep sometime.
Perhaps I have a job for him in my evil genius: scheming department.
ReplyDeleteWe could all use more efficient schemes.
We need to make sure our kids don't go to the same college. Munchkin #2 is ornery and with shirley temple curls she is going to get into some BIG trouble!!
ReplyDeleteLoved the story.
So funny! And here I was thinking that my kids were the only ones that did sneaky little stinker things like that...
ReplyDeleteBooyah's Mom - I know. When I saw that picture, Dr. Evil is the first thing I thought of! And the personality is a match, too!
ReplyDeleteThis cracks me up! A baby genius! Playing possum to avoid his grandmother. Brilliant. I'm going to borrow this next time I don't want to talk to someone!
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