It has been quite the day and it’s not over yet.  My migraine of the past couple days finally cleared so P3 and I were off to run some much needed errands. Three hours…it took three hours to visit two stores!

How is it that a 2 1/2 yr old is so darn exhausting!?!  Seriously.  Oh My Gosh!  She is like Paxton reincarnate! (Paxton is my friend’s child who is so smart and so busy that he has kept his mother on her toes practically from Day 1.)  She has to touch this, do that look at this, stand up, sit down, ask (relative term) the same question a million times, pull down stuff from the shelves, put it in my purse, take her shoes off, put her shoes on, ask the question again, touch this again, in the back of the card, in the front of the cart, wants out of the cart, shoes off…..arrrrgghhhh!  Since I am the Mom of three kids, I suppose it is some sort of Divine Justice that I have a ‘REAL’ Two year old at least once.  Hmph.  Of course, two seconds after we get back in the car she is sound asleep.

This picture here is what was waiting for me on my front porch….some fun stuff!  Included in the fun stuff were the stencils from My Wonderful Walls so I can get going on the Girl’s room!  Yay!!

Of course, while I was putting everything away and such, the beloved 2 1/2 year old was hard at work again, being very TWO.  Harassing her sisters, going in their room, playing with their stuff.  Next thing you know, I go to put a load of laundry in and she has dumped the ENTIRE REMAINS from the OXY CLEAN detergent INTO the SOAP DISPENSER OF MY WASHER!!!!  OH! MY! Gosh!!!  So I clean that out.  Next thing you know, she comes bringing me a can of soda pop, begging….uhh, NO!  Oh the wailing that ensues.  Seriously, she ought to be in movies.  And since she is Chinese, when she is wailing and moaning, she squinches her little face all up and her eyes become TRIANGLES rather than almond shaped.  PITIFUL I tell ya!  Next thing you know she has taken off her shirt and is running around with someone’s slip on.   I look again and she is naked…BUTT NAKED.  No diaper even.  This is a scary sight because Heaven only knows where she left it….of course, she laughs and giggles and runs off.  And I cannot help but smile.

Well, now it is 6pm and the Hubby has come home to take all of the kids to soccer practice that isn’t soccer practice…it is hot dogs and an Easter Egg Hunt…except now it is a skirmish too.  What?  What ever.  I just know I do not have to go because I am going to Book Club tonight.  Never Mind that I have been in this group since the beginning of the year and this is the first one I am going to make it to.  Good thing too since I am the Hostess.:D  At my Mom’s house though because no one wants to drive up here to the Boonies.:D  And never mind that I have not read the book either.  It is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.  Anyone want to tell me about it in 50 words or less?  No?  Well, my buddy Amazon.com will.:)  I’ll let you know how it all turns out.

Anywho, I am going to make a yummy Dole Pineapple dessert and post it tomorrow so stay tuned!