Sleeping Ryder

Ryder is a sweet, sweet boy and we all love him! But, he is quite a handful. I turn my head for one second and he is in to something he shouldn't be. I'll tell him not to do something and he'll obey for a minute, but he seems to know just the right moment when I'm no longer paying attention to do it again anyway!
Yesterday when I was getting ready for church, he ate my lipstick, scattered Tenley's hair elastics all over the floor, and started using Brad's toothbrush to brush his teeth (sorry Brad!) all within 5 minutes. And today while I was video chatting with my parents he somehow reached Brad's wedding ring on the counter and started throwing it around the kitchen like a toy.
I love that he is independent, curious, and creative, but I guess I just need to learn a little more patience with him.
It's amazing how he can go from a handful to super duper adorable in 10 seconds though. Tonight when we started our movie for family night he sat on my lap for the first 20 minutes! And then for the next 20 minutes he was doing jumps on Brad and flipping off the couch.
It was a crazy night for a while there, but he's always sweet when I put him to bed. He always folds his arms for the prayer, says 'AMEN!' as loud as he can, gives everyone hugs, says 'I love you', blows kisses, closes his door, turns off his light, gives me a good cuddle with his blankets, and then lays down and goes right to sleep.
Then the house is eerily quiet until morning.