Gage is a heaping bowl of destruction these days. We’ve noticed (just in the last two weeks) the listed items were damaged or destroyed and I am sure the list is not complete.

- Scissors

- Waterford crystal clock

- sewing machine

- door lock

- side trim on car (2)

- cut a hole in an outfit of his when he was a baby so it would fit on his stuff animal to account for a tail

- yard tools

- broke light bulb and poured water into it (WHILE STILL IN THE LAMP)

- swing

- door lock

- shower head

- helmet

- a book

- door hinge

- computer (although it’s old so we can’t completely be sure it was Gage)

- pair of tennis shoes

- a phone

- sliced the seat cushion of a dining room chair.

I don’t know if I’m happy or pissed. On one side of the argument it’s expensive and time consuming to repair items. On the other side, it is kind of cute because in a lot of the cases he is just interested in how things work and that leads him down a path (or 10) that are destructive.

You might think that we should watch him more closely, but honestly? Some of these things were broken in something like two minutes. While he was on the way to the bathroom. Gage doesn’t get hours on end to wander into destruction over time. It’s quick, decisive.

And expensive.