Our Sundays are normally restful and calm. We all normally leisurely lounge around until it is time for church on Sunday mornings. Okay lets be honest it may not be calm, but at least it is not that rush to get ready as we don't need to leave until 10:30. The kids play and Tyler and I at least get in a cup of coffee. Two weeks ago, however Ayden had a different perspective on how this particular Sunday should have gone.
The kids finished their breakfast and they went on an adventure. This is basically the kids going upstairs to their rooms on their own. It is an adventure because it is parent free for a few minutes. I eventually get upstairs, but they have become independent and I was trying to give them a little freedom because nothing had gone wrong. This should have been my sign right there…nothing had gone wrong…yet. Well it was quiet and then the giggling began. I ran upstairs and to my surprise both kids were holding a bottle of nail polish. I know you are probably thinking, how did they get the nail polish? Well they opened the door to the bathroom and to the closet that the polish was kept. They then had to rifle through the drawers to get the polish. These were determined kids, and I am not sure why, but don't worry the story gets even better.
Now Tyler was running around looking for nail polish on the floor because the top was off of one. He had found no spots or stains so we thought we were in the clear, however when I inspected Ayden closer he had "Disco Ball" clear, sparkle nail polish on his hands and lips. Yes my friends Ayden decided to sample the nail polish. He did not seem affected by this whole event, but of course we had to check with Poison Control.
After talking with Poison Control, nail polish is not as dangerous as you would think. I guess in possible ingestion of a small amount, the most damage you can do is getting it off too aggressively. Of course they ask if he seems okay and my response is, "Yeah he is fine as he is now trying to find something else to get into to." I was told to have him chew on a cold washcloth to have the excess polish to freeze up so it could fall off.
I thought that was the end of our adventures for the day, however Audrey never wants to feel left out. Later that afternoon we had come home from swimming and Ayden had fallen asleep in the car so I chose to hold him and sit on the front steps as Audrey played with her ball in the front yard. It was the mom's worse nightmare…you know the one where you see the ball roll onto the sidewalk in slow motion. Now Tyler's car was in my way, but I knew exactly what Audrey was going to do…go after her ball and that she did. By the time I ran to the sidewalk she had already crossed the street and was getting ready to get her ball out of the neighbor's yard. Now I wanted to lose it, but had to try to not look like a raging lunatic. Still carrying Ayden, I scooped her up and put her in the house in which she was crying because she knew what she did was wrong. I grabbed her ball and poor Ayden who was in a peaceful slumber, probably drugged by the nail polish from earlier, was awoken by all the commotion and he was crying too.
Poor Tyler had no clue what was going on as he was in the house the whole time, however he now had to screaming kids in the house with him. Now Audrey was read the riot act and can probably tell you word by word as to why you should never chase after a ball if it goes into the road. However I think after this particular Sunday I wanted to put both my kids in a bubble and sit in a corner and drink wine.
Both Tyler and I know to never leave the kids unattended and that kids are going to test their boundaries. I know we cannot watch them every second, but we will continue to try, and I guess we have to try a lot harder with Ayden. He is seriously going to send us over the edge with his adventurous spirit.
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