So I’m up here, surfing the web and waiting for Kevin to come home when I hear Leina begin to cry. Only it sounds really really far away so my first thought is..”oh my god I left the baby gate open and she has fallen down the stairs and is lying by the front door moaning.”

I rush from the computer room to find Artie curled in front of the securely closed baby gate right at the top of the stairs and then I hear her howl. And again, it sounds like she’s far, far away.

Now, I am convinced that Leina is The Smartest Child Every so immediately I decide that somehow, she managed to climb over Artie’s inert body, open the baby gate, climb down a few steps, and shut it behind her before she tumbled head first down the stairs. I’m just about to head down to look for her sprawling body when I notice that the door to her room is closed.

Odd.

As I walk over I hear another moan, this one definately originating behind said closed door.

Yes, my brilliant child and managed to close herself in her room. In the dark. And, to prove how wonderfully smart she is, she was pushing against the closed door in at attempt to open it. And so ensued a slight pushing war as I attempted to push open the door and free my daughter from her dark room and she attempted to push the door shut in a futile attempt to help me.

The Smartest Child EVER!