The devil wears Pampers

You've all seen those calculations of the cost of raising a child. I think that total just went up in our household.

We are in the middle of putting all our cds onto our computer and then onto the iPod so that we can put said cds in a box and far out of reach of a curious toddler. Result: he has seen us putting cds into the dvd drive a few too many times. Toddler Rule #1: Anything that parents do is by definition fun. Corrollary to Toddler Rule #1: anything parents do that they attempt to keep you from doing must be mind-blowing. Cds in a storage box supposedly out of reach of prying toddler fingers? Must be great toys. Mac in the middle of the dining room table that relatively speaking is like putting it on the roof of a single-story house to a full-grown adult? A fun climb. But what happens when you force the cd into the disc drive upside down? Trust me - you don't want to find out. Let's just say that I am REALLY relieved that we bought the extended Apple Care plan when we bought the Mac.

Just in case you were wondering, neither is that same dining room table a significant deterrent when it comes to obtaining a pen for the purposes of artistic expression. Again in case you are wondering, a toddler can pretty much cover all exposed surfaces of a cream-colored couch with pen in the time it takes the average adult to shower and get dressed. This time I'm sure you are wondering:

1. what the @$*^ we are doing with a cream-colored couch when we have a toddler, and
2. how would one hypothetically get pen out of a cream-colored couch if one were so stupid to have such a thing with a toddler running loose.

Straight up:

1. I really don't know, and
2. water mixed with Tide and Resolve Carpet Cleaner worked wonders

Anyone want a devilishly cute blonde, blue-eyed kid?