The evolution of nap time.

This is how Ben's naptime used to look:

And this is how we knew it was time to give up the afternoon nap:

When you're able to empty out all of your dresser drawers, pile the clothing in front of the gate and climb over the gate yourself. This kid is no liberal arts major. He did have the courtesy to shout, "Mommy look what I'm going to do!" before he did it, so I was able to capture it on film. But I learned that quiet upstairs no longer meant sleeping, it meant mischief.