Lip Balm and Step Stools

Avery has learned to be resourceful. If she wants something, even if Momma and Daddy tell her no, she’s bound and determined to figure out a way to get what she wants on her own. One of her latest accomplishments is figuring out that the step stool we keep for her in the bathroom can get her to drawers that she would otherwise be too short for. Note to all those Mommies out there, think about other applications for an item when you purchase it. My thoughts at the time were, “oh cool a step stool, this will come in really handy when we start potty training.” I really didn’t think at the time that it would also give my child a full six inches to work with. The step stool has been in our bathroom for about three months and really hasn’t caused any problems thus far. That is until Avery decided that the drawers on the top of the vanity must hold treasures beyond her wildest dreams and she had to get into them. Yesterday she was opening my makeup drawer and reaching on her tippy toes to get her hand in there where she could then rummage it around until she chanced upon something to pick up. I quickly put an end to this by standing in front of the door and cursing myself out for not thinking that someday she would grow and it would make sense to put locks on all the drawers, not just the ones she could reach. Man did that piss her off. So this morning, while I was showering, the little runt figured out that she could move her step stool close enough to the drawer to actually look inside of it. Again I cursed myself from the shower for not putting a lock on the drawer last night after realizing that it needed one. When I got out of the shower I let her dig through the drawer and just watched to make sure she didn’t get into anything messy. My mascara was the first item I took away. The lip gloss seemed innocent enough so I left those in the drawer. Everything was going along smoothly until I decided to turn away for a couple of minutes to blow dry my hair. When I looked again at Avery she had managed to get open a tub of my Satsuma Body Shop lip balm and had smeared half of it in her hair and on her face. This whole process must have taken her .2 seconds to complete. Since it was like 20 minutes before I needed to leave for work I quickly threw her in the tub and started to scrub. Note to Mommies, lip balm does not come out with shampoo, soap or water. I managed to wipe a bunch of it off but really didn’t have time to figure out other ways to get the crap out of her hair. So I put a fine toothed comb threw her hair a few times and said, screw it I need to go. When I dropped her off at daycare I had to explain why my child looked like she wanted to be a 50s greaser and why she had sparklies all over her face. Geez – just when you think you’ve got everything under control they throw a curve ball at you. Being a Mommy is never boring!

PS - this is her new kitty hat, she likes to wear it around the house!