So glad we didn't learn this lesson the really hard way

Here's a photo of Carter with the candle that he made last weekend at a fun event with his Cart Cart. Carter and I had a nice, candlelight mother-son dinner last night after John was in bed and while Thomas was out. Thanks, Cart Cart!

I didn't take a photo of tonight's attempted reprise, in which Carter sneaks the candle and a match into his room, uses the (somewhat rough) chalkboard paint on one of his doors to strike the match and then throws the match into his trashcan after he fails to light the candle.

Pro: Our boy is smart and resourceful

Con: He could have seriously burned himself

Pro: He comes to his parents when he gets scared/in over his head (he reported said incident to us right away - his room still smelled strongly of struck match)

Con: He could have seriously burned the house down

Pro: The matches are now stored where he can't reach them -- as easily (and in the future we'll only buy strike on box matches)

Thanks, Cart Cart.