Very Lumpy Boy

Today, Mak walks up to me and says, "hold me". I cannot resist. Compulsively, I will almost always pick him up when he says this. Many a' time I've found myself on the phone, making dinner, holding Mak. And, it is always at this time that I wonder, "what in the world am I doing holding this kid? He's big. He's heavy. I'm busy. My hands are already full." Anywhoo, and I digress..

So, today, his request came while I was sitting on the potty. Yes - he was sitting in my lap, while I was doing the business. I'm sure he was thinking, "Oh look-y! Mom is bored! She's just sitting there! Unoccupied! Bored! I will go and give her something to do. It is my job to give her something to do. It is my duty to give her something to do." Anywhoo, and I digress...

I swoop up my boy, who nestles against me. I rub his back and hit an obstacle. A large lump in the small of his back. A three inch by three inch pile of whoknowswhat.

I realize that the lump is made up of smaller lumps. I move the stuff around and ask him what all that stuff is. His response is, "I no no".

I reach through the neck-opening of his onesie, down his back, and piled up and wedged against the top of his diaper is this:

Two shapes from his shape sorter: an orange star and a green circle;
A magnetic letter L from our LeapFrog alphabet toy on the fridge;
A green Matchbox van, metal and heavy;
A felt Pink Panther magnet.

He did not put these into his onesie. I doubt the boy who struggles with shape puzzles would be able to human-gumbie these toys in through the neckhole and down his back.

No.... this was a doing of a big sister. Soph has done this before, but bless his little heart, we've missed it until we were changing him for bedtime. Thankfully, this pile of stuff was only in there about 30 minutes. And, bless his little heart, not a bit of complaining came out of him. No crying. He's a trooper.

But, we'll save the next toy pileup for the toy box.

Note to self: lecture Sophia about appropriate toy placement when I ask her to "clean up the toys".