More Antics From Claire

The other morning Shawn and I were upstairs. He was getting ready for work and I was cleaning up breakfast. Brynn was sick and home from school. She was downstairs playing computer games, and Claire was watching her. Or so we thought. After about 15 minutes of playing, Brynn came upstairs and said "Mom, Claire is making a mess with conditioner." My mind immediately went all sorts of places, like conditioner squirted in the tub, on the bathroom floor. But I do not give Claire enough credit. She is much more creative than that.



This is what was left of a brand new bottle of conditioner that she squirted on MY COUCH them proceeded to rub in. Saying it was a mess was an understatement. You will be happy to know that my couch is now silky soft and tangle-free.

Naptime is sacred at our house. It is the one time of day that I get a reprieve from the child and don't have to worry about what kind of trouble she is getting into. When I went in yesterday to get Claire from her nap, this is how I found her:


She had reached out of her crib onto the changing table and gotten a tube of diaper rash cream and decided to have a little snack. After her snack she pulled up her pant legs and put "o-shen" all over her legs, and clothes, and blankets.

I am at a loss for words to describe my feelings about all of this. Well, except for one question. Who wants to babysit?