Lanie's Nail Polish Fiasco

Lanie was supposed to be napping yesterday and skipped her nap.  I came home from the gym and put her back in her bed.  She still didn't sleep and insisted in "going downstairs."  I needed to go and run some errands with Vivian so I settled her in my bed as a compromise.

While I was out, I got a text from Chris, that Lanie had "gotten into my nail polish."  I had painted both her and Vivian's nails that morning when they had asked me too, already. Apparently that wasn't good enough for Lanie. She got a child's chair from another room, dragged it into my room, and climbed up and got it off the dresser.  Dark purple.  The same color her sister also applied in my bed around the same age.

Link to:  Vivian's Make up fiasco

When I got home she was standing in the hallway with a smile wearing gloves.


"Why are you wearing gloves Lanie?" I asked.
"Oh, you no see my hands mama," she replied.
"Really?" I asked.
Through this whole encounter she was giggling, encouraged by the other two.  I finally closed them in one room and put her in time out.
"If you can't listen to mummy and daddy, Santa won't give you presents," I told her. She burst into tears. We revisited the topic later, but not after her asking me two more times to use my nail polish that day and she cried when I said no.

Time out.

It is now all hidden.

Vivian and Lanie's hands yesterday.

Bathroom Shenanigans

I relaxed on the couch for a little while yesterday morning.  Lanie used the bathroom and then took the opportunity to do a little decorating with toilet paper.

Sleeping Arrangements, Part III

My child who every few weeks has a sleepless night and wanders around.  Sometimes I find her sitting in her rocking chair rocking back and forth in the dark, which is a little disconcerting.  Other times she will wander, downstairs to see what Chris is doing and hang out with him, I'll find her in bed with one of the other children, or she'll climb in bed with me and stroke my hair.

Sam is sound asleep.

Other times, on different days, I'll find her "resting" in various places around the house. 

"Mama, I nap here in Jack's bed?"

Jack discovers her in his bed.

Lanie resting on the bathroom floor while I take a shower.

Socks

After we moved, I had no time to match socks up, so I started throwing them in a laundry basket after they were washed.  The kids would get their socks directly out of the laundry basket and often wear two unmatched socks.  The other day I finally thought of paying them to match them up, since I often ask them too and they do a few pairs and wander away.
I paid them a penny a pair and we got about forty pairs matched up in about 15 minutes.

Christmas Decorations at Home Depot

Lanie spotted this giant holiday decoration when we were at Home Depot yesterday.  The polar bear's head moved from side-to-side.  Lanie watched it warily for a while and then turned to me and said, "mama, you tell the bear to not come down?"

This video is from her watching it the second time.

"Want to see my dress?"

I have a friend's wedding coming up this weekend, so last weekend I was organizing and getting things together for it. 
I called to Vivian, "do you want to see my dress for the wedding?"
She and Lanie came running, "yes! Where is it?" she asked.
She surveyed it in silence.
"What do you think?" I asked.
"Well, I would like it better if it was pretty," she told me.
It's a black dress, with a grey skirt and Vivian likes color, so I'm guessing it would be more appealing to her if it was colorful.
I looked at Lanie, "dress is big," she told me.

"Ughy"

Lately when Lanie has been having temper tantrums or is frustrated, she yells, "ugh-ee, ugh-ee, UGH-EE!" at the top of her lungs.
Recently when she was yelling it, I said, "it's hard to help you because I don't know what ughy means." (Lanie is very verbal and has a huge vocabulary).
Sam looked up from what he was doing, "I'm pretty sure ughy is Lanie's version of the F-word mom."

Actual Halloween

We lucked out with a warm Halloween evening this year, so it was fun to be out trick-or-treating.  Here are a few photos from the evening. 

Sam's friend arrived dressed as a toilet, which was really funny as it looked like Sam was wrapped in toilet paper (it was really gauze).

Nana with a witch's hat with the kids.  Vivian is a rainbow vampire, Sam was a mummy, and Lanie was Curious George.

One of the fifth grade classes wrote persuasive essays about what the teachers should dress up as for Halloween.  One of the boys recommended homework, and then that our dog eats the homework, so here is my quick costume.

Lanie posing as Curious George.