So when I put her down in her crib and left her room, I knew full well there was a good chance she wouldn't go to sleep right away. Usually this is not a big deal. She plays in her crib for a while, fusses a bit, and then eventually goes to sleep.
On this particular occasion, things seemed to be progressing as usual. I watched on the video monitor as Caroline rolled around, played with the ties on her bumper, and pulled off both of her socks. Then she crawled to the side of her crib, pulled herself up, and proceeded to scream for about 10 minutes. Eventually, the screaming stopped. I didn't think anything of it and assumed she'd gone to sleep.
About 5 minutes later, I heard a strange noise coming from the monitor. I looked at the screen to find that it was displaying a picture of the frame hanging above Caroline's crib...not a picture of Caroline sleeping in her crib. I then saw a little hand waving in the air, reaching up for the video camera! I quickly ran upstairs and into Caroline's room. There I found my darling daughter scaling the back of her crib, intent on pulling the video camera down off the wall. She had already knocked it off it's peg, causing it to dangling down over her. I have NO clue how she managed to do this, but I do know that we'll be moving both the camera and the frame before Caroline goes to bed tonight!
When she saw me, Caroline got a huge grin on her face and shrieked as if to say "Do you see that? Do you see what I did??" Or maybe it was more like, "Oh good, you're here! Can you help me pull this thing down?"
Regardless, at that point I knew naptime was over, at least as far as Caroline was concerned. We went downstairs and played in the kitchen instead. We had a good time cleaning out the cabinets and making a mess with the coffee filters.
Here's a picture of Caroline's handy work and a picture of her in the kitchen. It's a good thing she's so darn cute...
