Lock Picker

The wheels that turn in Owen's head never cease to amaze me.  Peter painted the kids room last week because they were badly in need.  Vance and Owen's room had marker and pencil drawings all over the walls.  No, they are not allowed to write on their walls.  And, no, we do not let them go to sleep with markers or pencils.  These drawings happened because "someone" hid writing utensils in their room somewhere and then drew when we weren't aware.  I'll give you one guess who "someone" is ...

Anyway, Peter painted their room.  To do this, he took the trim off.  This is much easier and cleaner than taping.  We put their rooms back together on Saturday, e.g. hung up pictures, vacuumed the floors, etc.  Apparently, we did not do a great job.

Owen has not been staying in his room at bed time.  He will go to our room and turn on the tv, go into Elsa's room and play with her doll house, or get into the fridge if Peter and I are sitting on the deck when they are in bed.  So, last night, we locked the door to Owen and Vance's room.  A few minutes later, I hear Vance yell that Owen is doing something that he isn't supposed to be doing.  Great!

I go in there and Owen immediatly runs to his bed and lays face down with his arms under him.  Vance told me Owen was trying to pick the lock.  He's done this before so it didn't surprise me.  I tried to see what was in Owen's hands and he wouldn't let me.  When I asked him what was in his hand, he told me it was gum.  Okay, first of all, that was a lie.  He is three years old and is already lying like a champ.  Second, I think he knew enough to say gum because I usually don't fight him when he takes gum when he's not supposed to have it.  So, he probably figured if he told me gum, I'd leave him alone.  Wrong.  I finagled his hand open and there was a small metal nail used to put the trim back up on the walls.  Luckily, he did not hurt himself.

Where does he come up with these things?  Should I be proud of how smart he is and how he will do whatever he sets his mind to?  Or, should I be worried that he will use these skills for evil when he hits his teenage years?  Probably both.