Good News

Nina has had 2 clean/dry days in the past 1 month. And they have been in the same week. This is definitely good news! Maybe she is ready to move past this phase she has been enjoying.



We'll tackle her choice of clothing next.

translation

What she said: "I'm being good mom!"

What she meant: "I'm doing something naughty so please don't come in here until I'm finished."

This time she was supposed to water the tree. Her only chore today. After she yelled to me that she was being good, I went in and found her tearing off the leaves from the tree. The pictures are a little dark.

Nina's past 2 days

Here's a quick rundown:
6 pee accidents. Two especially lovely ones included one at Rachelle's followed by one at the grocery store.

2 poop accidents. Nothing lovely about either one.

Emptied my diaper bag behind Kelly's couch

Opened a bag of brown sugar and started eating

Opened a bag a powdered sugar. Didn't start eating until she dumped out a good portion on the basement floor.

Stole a box of Tic Tacs from the store

Dumped out 2 boxes of cereal

Got into 2 yogurt drinks, only spilled some on the floor

Ran off with a bag of graham crackers. I'll find out what kind of mess she made when I find where she hid to eat them.

Left a partially eaten apple under the table. This doesn't sound that bad, but she swore up and down that she would finish it and throw it in the garbage.

Told about 20 lies

Snuck downstairs at 4 in the morning, opened a basket of strawberries (that I bought for a baby shower), turned on the tv and downed half the basket.

Ran across three streets without me while taking the kids to school

Refused to put on her boots before we left to pick up Donovan and Howie, then proceeded to walk in every single puddle. Her shoes are still wet today.

Emptied every one of Cameron's dresser drawers, plus all his diapers off the changing table (about 75 diapers)

That might be all.

And she's still alive.

And I'm still alive.

look who's talking

Nina said, "Mom, I really don't like your hair that way."
I'm not offended. Really. But for the record, I just want to point out that she is no fashionista herself.






and I couldn't find one particular picture that I really wanted to use. Picture a lion's mane. That's what her hair looked like.

Tonight's gonna be a good night

And how do I know this? Because our friends Rachelle and Aaron have custody of Nina tonight. All we had to do was take their 2 boys for the night. What a bargain! Nina is still struggling with all toilet related things, so I'm happy to share her with others. Unfortunately Rachelle's very much aware of Nina's disposition, so I'm afraid one night is all we will be getting. We're gonna enjoy every minute!*



*yes we do love our little girl very much