mr mischievous

Luke is so random and funny. It's not that he's defiant because honestly he's the sweetest thing ever-- but he takes direction as a mere suggestion. He might do what you say, but if he has a better idea, then your instructions mean nothing to him. It's really hard for me to discipline him because he's so darn cute and sweet. But he's NOT innocent. He knows how to be sneaky and he cuts corners like it's going out of style.. Aaron and I constantly talk about how to best raise him.. but I think he's going to be his own person no matter what we do.

An example of his "rebelliousness" happened a few nights ago. We've been really bad about getting to bed on time. Zack usually crawls under his covers before he's gone potty.. and once he's curled up, he doesn't want to get up. which is bad news if you want your sheets to stay dry. The other night, I was laying next to them and told Zack that if he would go into their bathroom and pee, we would give him a score from one to ten. If he peed a lot, he would get a TEN. That motivated him enough to get up and go. When he was finished, Ben wanted to be scored... so he went and we did (I think they both got a 7 or 8.) Last, but definitely not least, it was Luke's turn. Ben, Zack and I laid next to each other and listened to Luke pee on the other side of the wall. When he started going, we laughed our heads off. Luke's pee sounded like a waterfall. It was SO LOUD and lasted forever. When he came back to bed, we told him his score was off the charts-- somewhere around a 75. Luke smiled and said, "Sometimes I just have to go a LOT." I totally believed him because the kid only pees like once a day..

The next morning as we were eating breakfast, Ben mentioned something about how Luke was the best pee-er in the family. Luke cracked a big smile and said, "I tricked all of you!" When I asked him what he meant, he explained that he had a huge water gun (the machine kind) and instead of peeing, he actually shot the gun into the toilet. Then he came back to bed acting like he peed, when he never even pulled down his pants. Sure enough he led me up to the bathroom and his water gun was laying next to the toilet. I could not stop laughing because somehow he filled it up without us knowing. He said that when Ben was going to the bathroom, he got the idea.. grabbed the gun and filled it up in the bathroom sink without anyone seeing. He seriously fooled us all and I wonder if he ever would have come clean. You never know with him. Obviously, this wasn't something I would "punish" him for-- because it was hilarious... but he thinks he can get away with anything and most of the time I don't realize he's playing me until after all is said and done. He is so mischievous, but you would never guess looking at his cute face. What am I gonna do with him?