Knock and it shall be opened...or do it yourself.

*heavy sigh* This has been a long time coming and they have been at it for a while now but the twins are opening doors. Our last safe guard of all things we don't want them touching is gone. The one comfort that we could let them play without having to keep an eye or ear on them at all times has vanished in one big cloud of baby powder - one more thing I'm glad we don't use anymore. At first it was just the inside doors....so we lost bedroom and bathroom privacy if we don't lock the door. All of the little things in the older kids rooms are now fair game. I don't think Adeena and Crickett will have much make-up leftover if the twins ever grow out of this.

There are some upsides however. They can now go downstairs on their own and if an older sibling shuts the door, they can open it instead of crying and screaming about it. Because they travel together a lot, if I need the wipes when changing a diaper, the other one can retrieve them. Cameron does not like having a messy or really wet diaper. Many times he will come to us and pat his bum babbling. We ask if he needs a new diaper and he says, "Huh" - closest thing to yes he says. So we can tell him to go get a diaper and lay down. And he does! It's very cute and very helpful.

They can now also open the front and garage doors too. Which wouldn't be too bad if it weren't getting so cold outside! Consequently, both doors have to remain locked during all waking-twins hours. *sigh*

I know I shouldn't be so surprised since I have 3 other kids but Ethan and Adeena were this age in our West Valley house that had much less to get into. And Crickett was so dang short for so long, by the time she could open doors, she knew better than to get into a lot the stuff she shouldn't! So it's been almost 5 years since we had a kid who could get into things but didn't/pretends to not know better. And I'm sorry but raising kids is NOT like riding a bike. I've endured a whole lot more pain with each child then I ever did every time I started riding a bike again. Bike don't pull hair(hey, I still have a little), poke eyes, pinch, headbutt or try and jam pointy little fingers into your mouth.