Silence...

When there's silence in a house with a toddler (I can't believe I'm saying I have a toddler) and you know he's not sleeping in his crib ... well, you always brace yourself for what you might find, when you find him.
A few weeks ago I had left Kailer by the screen door while I went to put away some yard tools. Dan was in the house and I figured that Kailer would sit by the door and watch me. When I came back in, he was gone so I asked Dan, "Do you have Kailer?" "No," was his reply. So I headed to the laundry room - No Kailer, then to our room - No Kailer and then finally I heard a familiar sound .. Mesa's food being dumped! Kailer was behind the door happily playing in her food! I fished two morsels of dog food out of his mouth. I don't think he swallowed any, but it's hard to say. So now I say to Mesa, "You better eat your food before Kailer gets to it."
So this week when silence fell in the house on a morning when I was folding laundry, I held my breath as I went to look for the next disaster! :) Which actually turned out to be better than I had anticipated ....... So needless to say, around here we don't say, "What happened to the (fill in the blank)?" Instead we say, "Did you see WHO (a.k.a. Kailer) happened to the (fill in the blank)?" Never a dull moment around here, that's for sure!