Joe’s teachers were excited to report last week that he seems completely enthralled with Irish music. They were doing St. Paddy’s-related art projects and stories last week, and they put on some traditional Irish music for fun. He would hear it start from across the room, break into a big smile, and start bouncing gleefully to it.

Around this same time, he seemed to develop a new mischievous streak.

He digs through our change jar, smears his greasy hands all over our bedroom mirror, and tries to topple every plant in the dining room.

He crawls into the bathroom when I’m showering, and flings the shower curtain around until he and the whole room are both soaked.

He also gets the screen door halfway open, and would no doubt be headed down the sidewalk if the squeak of the door didn’t give him away.

We are so proud of this little troublemaker!