Puppies and Poop

I know, I know ... I should be going to bed, but I wanted to share about Erin's busy last few days. Monday was so beautiful, we played outside for quite a while in the afternoon, blowing bubbles, playing "soccer" (or some version of it that involves me kicking the ball and Erin running to it, picking it up, and throwing it up in the air to hit her head), and rolling around in the grass. We also had the joy of playing with the neighbor's four 7-week-old puppies, Libby, Sugar, Roly-Poly, and ... I can't remember. They are some sort of a small pug dog, and so ugly they're cute. They were so small, and their main body almost fit into my hand! Of course, as puppies do, they licked Erin's face, ran around and jumped with her, and ... peed on me. This was okay, though, because it was a great day, and not even puppy whiz was going to put me in a bad mood! David came home from work, we ran to the bank, where Erin got her second batch of stickers for the day, and tried to confiscate the manager's family picture :) Nice, Erin. After the bank, we piled back in the car, headed home, and played outside for a while, but it was getting dark and cold, so we went in and made quesedillas for dinner. A FUN day!

Now, I was really looking forward to today, after such a great day yesterday, but woke up feeling horrible. Erin was kind of a mess all day, and wonder of wonders, didn't take a nap (those of you at Phat Tuesday can probably attest to this from the grumpiness factor!). After fighting with her for a few hours, I gave up, hopped in the shower, and tried to get ready for the Mary Kay "Trash It Night". I dropped Erin off with Sean and Lisa -- THANKS! -- and ran to pick up my guest for the meeting. Now, this in itself doesn't sound so bad, but the worst happened while I was away. Erin, who loves to watch movies in Caleb's room on Phat Tuesdays, accidentally got stuck in the room alone. Apparently the situation was distressing to her, and she had a messy (to put it nicely) diaper. While calling for help by knocking on the door with one hand, the other hand was busy making a mural out of Caleb's full-length mirror on the back of the door. I'll be you can guess the medium (and no, we were not so lucky as before when she colored her wall with purple crayon)! Yep, the princess smeared nasty poop all over herself and the door of Caleb's room. Lisa and a few of the other girls disrobed Erin and threw her in the tub, then dressed her in some clothes in her diaper bag (a KSU Wildcat shirt - great way to make friends at KU!). I guess this upset her terribly, and she cried for a while. David then took her downstairs to play the drums, I guess to work out her aggressions. It worked, but when I arrived, she immediately began misbehaving again, so a fun evening was had by all! Oh, the budding artist alive in our daughter!

Two great things about today -- we got to have a lunch date with David at Mr. Goodcents in DeSoto. Erin fell asleep on the way home, and we didn't have to fight about bedtime! Yeah! Well, I really do need to go to bed now, I'm a tired mama! Tomorrow is another day ... it will be great! Have a good one!