It got really quiet in his room the other day.
I was in our room, just next door packing boxes. Brixton plays alone often in his room; he's always been very good at entertaining himself for a little while. He was making the rounds: books, ball-popper, puzzles, giant teddy bear.
I was packing, wondering when this packing hell would be over. Then I heard The Quiet. It's like that isn't it? You hear what isn't there, because you know what should be there. Noise. A sigh. Toys clattering. Pages flipping.
All I heard was silence.
I peeked into this room. His baby gate was still shut, and anyway I would have heard that at least if he'd escaped. But his room was empty. No Brixton at the rocking chair. No Brixton at his bookshelf.
Just no Brixton.
I didn't panic, but I was confused. What...??
Then a foot appeared. And a hand. A face peered out at me, with a contraband paci tucked firmly in place.
I guess someone has discovered the joy that is a magical fort. He came out from under there with about 5 pacis so maybe it was more of a recovery mission for him.
A sign of things to come?
owsley likes to run upstairs and hide in gage's room (in the dark) on his bed, amid the hundreds of stuffed animals. he will sit there in silence, even if i call for him. this has become the first place i look whenever i don't hear him.
ReplyDeleteThat's almost kind of creepy. I can picture him just sitting there.
DeleteOmg, that is so freakin' cute! So lucky u got a picture of that!
ReplyDeleteToo bad I can barely figure out this lens! The picture is all out of proper focus, but you get the idea!
DeleteAhhhh, that is a really sweet sight! Brings back childhood memories of making a cubby under the bed. There is nothing quite like 'that' silence though - I always think my toddler is up to no good when I hear it, although sometimes he's just reading a book!
ReplyDeleteMe too! I'm like, What are you doing in there? And he's reading.
DeleteSeriously adorable. I came all the way out of my Google Reader hiding space just to say that. :-)
ReplyDeleteWhere have you been lately? :)
DeleteAwesome! :)
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