Don't fence me in

My boys are active - well, I secretly think that Simon might be hyperactive, but I was assured he isn't. He has endless energy and the most tired person in the evening is myself, feeling a hundred years old. They are on hands and knees, Simon so fast you almost have to run after him and see what he's up to. Whenever it is unusually quiet, they are both up to no good.

I don't want to shout "noooooo!" every 20 seconds, so we created our personal high level security baby prison. Well, we just made the house baby-safe.

Almost every kitchen cupboard is secured. The stairs are blocked. The fridges are locked. We put everything as high as possible out of their reach. Next step will be to put things out of the way altogether because they will soon be big enough to open doors and grab anything that's put on a table. Thank God my kitchen is custom-built and the cupboards bit higher than average so they can't reach what's put on top there. The oven has an electronic lock (hooray) The toilet door is locked from the outside because there is a never ending interest in the toilet brush - I think when Jonathan gets older I will ask him about what's so cool about a toilet brush. The bathroom door is closed because there's a funny beeping button on the washing machine which also attracts them like flies.

Our little cuties are clever as well - they already pushed an upturned pail next to the table so they could reach what was there. The dining table, by the way, is always cleared so they don't harm themselves if they pull the tablecloth. And of course all electric devices are well hidden & all wall sockets blocked.

We did not find a solution for the video, DVD etc ... the video is full with stuff they put in there (paper, small toys, CDs) I wonder how long this thing will last ..... we got a whole box of Disney videos from a friend I hope it will last until our boys are old enough to watch them.