Last night....
After discovering all of our toothbrushes were caked in a creamy substance, the toilet had drops of this mysterious cream floating, and the towel on the floor looked like someone sprinkle white paint everywhere other than the soaking, dripping wet half of the towel... I looked straight into my bedroom where my almost 5year old had a cheekish grin hiding under my blankets. I was upset, but kind of brushed it off until I discovered the creamy substance was not toothpaste. She made a cocktail of my facial regimen.... Face lotion, face wash, eye cream, night cream, oh the list goes on! Over $100.00 of products not only ruined but will take 2 days to get reshipped in the mail. Also my black eyeliner is now in some 5year old hieroglyphics behind my bedpost, my blue eye crayon has been used to color the outlet, and when confronted - complete denial!
I think this was the first time I ever got mad enough to paddle her bottom. Usually we do time out, but it's bedtime (almost 11pm on a school night) & I know everything can be replaced but the lieing about it, that is what fueled my anger. I gave her a pop while she laid in bed, and of course refused to roll over; so over I turned her blankets and all... I think if a fly had landed on her Hinnie when I popped her the fly would have lived. It wasn't difficult to do but enough to show her no more lieing, no more playing with mommies makeup. She cried and I hugged her so tight and out of her mouth came these words "I love you mommy"! I told her I loved her back, and asked if she was sorry, explaining sorry means you won't do it again. She said sorry, I closed the door on my way out, and tears filled my eyes!!
This morning....
I got my kids up, we scrambled around the house in our tired ways. My oldest daughter had me put 2 braids in her hair, while my youngest daughter asked for 2 high ponytails. My son sat eating his bowl of cereal watching us girls scampering around. What must go through his mind? All I can do is hope he sees and learns and loves a women who is everything I am plus more.... Bus he yells, and everyone files out the door!
I sit back and think of last night, think of this morning. My littlest told me she wants to be like me whe she grows up...Wow... What an accomplishment to have her say that! Of course now I feel awful about last night. Sitting back thinking of her wanting to be just like me.... She wasn't playing with my makeup, instead I think she was farmilarizing herself with all the products. To do so properly you must smell, touch, see, and use....well that's just what she did, she tried them out on several surfaces, and got very farmilarizing with each one of them....she must have seen the value in my face cream as she tended to use that one the most.
Today....
I will order more, there goes extras on the grocery list this week! I think I will go to the dollar store and get her items for facial regimens, that she can play, and learn with, since she wants to mimic me. Material things are always replaceable, but the enlighten moments in a child's life are not. Oh how I am mad, and at the same time completely happy this happened. Kids learn for us, and love us unconditionally. Better to put a smile on their face than a tear in their eye...but always important to teach them right from wrong. Parenting is so complicated.
Needless to say this morning all 3 kids went to school with unbrushed teeth, as I will by more toothbrushes on my way home from work today.....
