Tempus Fugit

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Atticus didn’t want to wake up today

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My son Atticus, three, is a deep sleeper. Much like his father. He also tends to choose interesting places to sleep. Today we discovered him asleep in a laundry basket on his bed.

Then this happened:

I'm just going to see how far I can move him like this.

I’m just going to see how far I can move him like this.

Got him downstairs.

Got him downstairs.

Outside.

Outside.

Inside his cedar play house.

Inside his cedar play house.

In the hammock.

In the hammock.

Difficulty level: Moses.

Difficulty level: Moses.

Balanced.

Balanced.

Finally got him to wake up.

I showed him the photos and videos. He went from sleepy to bemused to incredulous to recounting stories about his adventures.

And that was the end of his adventure. Then, as I was about to post this, this happened:

And… he got stuck in a trash can.

And… he got stuck in a trash can.

Oh, Atticus.

Comments

  2. You have such a cute son, and I’m so happy he remembered all those pictures you took! 🙂
    Ah, the joys of #parenting

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  4. Epic! He’s going to be soo thankful for this post come 10 years. My two oldest kids made me take down the sites I had created for/of them 🙂

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  5. adorable!
    I used to do that advanture to my cat when she was a kitten.
    If I try to do the same thing to her…… I don’t even wanna think about that,
    she’d do like /////////////////// on my hands obviously.

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