New Year, New Nail Polish

This morning Camilla woke up and told me the best story ever.

Her little feet came down the stairs and then her sleepy eyes peeked into the office where I was busy at the computer.

"Teddy just woke up Mum."

"Oh really?"

"Yeah. There was a shadow on my door, just twooooo monsters."

"Whoa! Two monsters?"

"Yeah.... I was shy. Then I just came down stairs."

The shy part made me giggle. I scooped her up for her morning snuggle and she continued to tell me more fun stories.

We sat down to some rolled oats for breakfast. Hyrum had baby cereal and fruit. His little tummy is like an endless pit. Last night for dinner he had a whole bowl of cereal, a handful of peas and a bowl of mashed potatoes. By dessert he was still going and enjoyed some peaches and a baby cookie. And because I'm already off topic, the car stunk real bad of rotten eggs the whole way home thanks to the little man's farts. We cracked a window and laughed all the way home.

I put the children's clothes in the wash and then scrubbed the floors. When I went to transfer the clothes to the dryer I found a toonie in the bottom of the wash! My kids are rich! I tucked it away in my pocket for laundry duty payment. I hated this rule when I was a kid, but it definitely pays off when you're the laundry lady.

Then while I was chatting on the phone with my Mamma I noticed all was too quiet in the office. I peeked in on her carefully painting each of her fingernails with a blue marker. Oh the joys. I'm taking a more "light hearted" approach this year. Instead of being angry I shrugged and grabbed the camera. This allowed me a few minutes to cool off and then we had a little chat about markers and paper. Here's hoping it washes off! What a loon!