I heard this term the other day on another website I visit and laughed – yep, that’s Sam – my little raccoon! He likes to open any and every drawer or cabinet and remove all its contents one by one. In the bathroom he likes to pull out my blow dryer and straightener – then he proceeds to the cabinet and gets the band-aids, and the Listerine, and marks hair brush (he likes to brush his hair), then he moves to the office area where he pulls all the books off the shelf. When he puts things back they are never in the right place and I have to search all the drawers when I need something.
In the living room he opens the drawers on the side tables and pulls out the remotes and papers and coasters – he LOVES remotes – I even bought him a “toy” remote but nope, he prefers the real thing!
In the kitchen he opens the corner cabinet with the lazy susan – he pulls out the K-cups for my Keurig and plays with them until he gets bored then he moves on to piper’s drawer – he pulls out all her treats, her brush, her nail clippers, and her bowls – he then proceeds to brush his hair with pipers brush – haha – next he moves to his drawer that has all his toys and usually pulls out sophie the giraffe and a few books and teethers then moves on to the next room.
Pre-baby this would have driven me crazy! But I think its cute and funny when Sammy does it
Authors note: Don’t worry, I am not a bad mommy, Sam is fully supervised as he explores the cabinets and he is not harmed while acting like a raccoon - lol - however, I will be installing cabinet locks in the kitchen this weekend since we keep cleaners under the sink
the new year as well. I am also excited to join Money Saving Mom in her Eat From The Pantry Challenge -The plan is simple - eat from your pantry ! We all have frozen foods and cans of veggies tucked in the back of the pantry that we never use and the point of this challenge is to save money and eat food you already have. I will be stealing menu ideas from the Prudent Homemaker who has easy meals planned out for months!
Sam gave us a great Christmas present... he slept in until 7:30! That never happens, so thank you Sammy!! I set the tree on the floor for some good photo ops and of course Sam was thrilled that he finally had access to all the ornaments! He could care less about his gifts - he just wanted those ornaments! He pulled the tree down 3 times in the short 10 mins we sat there opening gifts - just glad we decided against the BIG tree this year - that would have been a disaster! 
We had a nice breakfast and then spent the rest of the morning packing and getting ready to head to MD to see my side of the family. We left around 11am and got there at 2pm - no traffic at all =) Michelle and her family and Jeff and his family were all there - Granny was there as well. We had a great dinner and then headed downstairs for pictures and presents! Once again Sam was more interested in other things... beth's dress, justin's DSi, and of course the ornaments on the tree =) 
We all had a great time =)
Mark's Christmas party was tonight and we needed a babysitter - luckily I was able to get Miss Morgan (his teacher at Goddard) to come over and watch him for the night. Sam loves her so it was very easy to leave knowing that he was in good hands! Miss Morgan said Sam was fantastic and loved showing her all his toys =)
