My Kids are Risk Takers and Mess Makers - Yay For My Nerves.

Risk Takers:
Dear God, why am I filming this instead of stopping it?

Jump! (You might have to copy and paste the links)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh3pvcqbf-s


Mess Makers:
A few nights ago, I was sitting at the island when I heard from behind me, at the top of the stairs, "Mommy, look at me!" which is a sentence you NEVER want to hear come out of Avery's mouth because it is NEVER followed by anything even remotely resembling a clean/good/exciting/fascinating/peaceful time. It usually involves poop/water all over the floor/toilet paper in the sink/food being dumped/tornadoes hitting the playroom kind of stuff. So I turned around, expectantly, and saw her at the top of the stairs in her pj's.... No worries! She seemed fine!

"Yeah, great Avery!"

"No, Mommy, really LOOK at me!!!!"

And she sauntered down the stairs with glee.

And I lost a little more sanity.

Because she looked like a greased pig! See the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jxIVLcU13c

She was covered in, what I later discovered, was a quarter of a bottle of Johnson's Baby Shampoo. Now I know you're all thinking, "At least is wasn't peanut butter!" But let me tell ya...a thick layer of soapy goo all over her face and hair doesn't come off easily! I had to scrape the stuff off of her face with a rag - repeatedly. That didn't go over well. And her hair? Well, because she played in the tub for like 30 minutes before we started washing it, it kind of, well, hardened! I went to rinse it out, and as you'll recall, she had pulled it straight over her hair from the middle part down to her ears. So when she leaned back for me to rinse it, and I poured the water over her head, the water just trickled down and did absolutely NOTHING to remove the cemented goo in her hair! It took forever to rinse all that stuff out!

So, um, yeah. That's my crazy life with my crazy kids and my crazy hubby and it's crazy fun!

:)