Bad Nanny

If it makes you feel any better, I've haven't been updating my "real" blog either.

Let's see....Tidbits.....

- I had to do it. I couldn't handle opening the tupperware cabinet one more day and feeling like an avalanche was coming down on me. I took part of my down time today, during their naps, and got rid of any piece of plastic that did not have a mate. My employers are sweet, great people, but they are beyond disorganized, and I can GUARANTEE you that they will NEVER even notice those 10 bottoms and tops are even missing.

- Today was school pictures, for Rose. So weird to me that preschoolers are getting their portraits done at school. Cheesy "Fall" background, and Phillip was desperate to sit on the prop bridge. We were next in line and he kept saying he wanted to sit on it. The crazy lady who is paid to act like a clown in order to get kids to smile completely ignored every word I said. She pushed the bridge out of the way and made Phillip sit cross legged. He was screaming for me and I'm sure my knee is in half of the shots. All the kid wanted was that damn bridge lady. Not a stupid purple dinosaur he doesn't even know. He finally laid down and started crying and she was all "I'VE GOT BUBBBBBLLLLEEESSSS!!" I kept saying he's done, it's not gonna happen and lord help me, she kept digging in her bag for more tricks. I picked him up and told Rose to get up, and we walked out. At least Rose posed AMAZINGLY for the super cheese "thinker" pose the lady mader her do.

- I went on a short vacation a couple of weeks ago, and because of the aforementioned disorganization, I also got two days off this week. They were flying a Grandma in to town to cover while I was gone, and she bought tickets for the wrong dates. FREE TIME OFF FOR ME!!!

- I've been debating participating in Halloween. My least favorite holiday, I know I'm unAmerican. But, the kids are older now and will get a kick out of it, so I bought some little cat ears and a wire tail. I was going to attempt a Mary Poppins outfit but I wouldn't be able to handle being stuck in it all day. If I find one of those hats she wears, I'll just stick the cat ears on it. Ha.

- I am dreading Winter. It's already getting cool outside and we have been able to play happily, but I don't see it lasting very much longer. I H-A-T-E being cold and to me, cold is anything below 55 degrees farenheight. I know, I'm a big baby.

- Phillip is almost two years old. We recently lived through an accident at the park a month or so ago that forced him to lose pacifier privileges so his tooth could heal. Ever since then he has turned in to The Boy Who Puts EVERYTHING in His Mouth. We were painting one morning, last week, and he kept trying to lick and chew on the paint brush. I kept asking him to stop, which turned in to telling him to stop, which turned in to preparing to take away the paint brush. Just as I sat down next to him to get ready to clean his Jackson Pollock hands off, he stole one last lick of the brush. Made "that" face. The "you're right, this IS disgusting" face. Then, I saw the heave. That wretch of his tiny body preparing to say "SHE WAS RIGHT". Not wanting to wear what was to come, all day, I leaned him over the table and he barfed all over his masterpiece.