20 Cotton balls, 10 paper towels,

5 kleenexes, and 3/4 bottle of finger nail polish remover later, the bathroom and my children are clean . . . almost! The status of a bathroom rug, sweatshirt, pair of pants, and washcloth remain uncertain at this time.

Alexa was the first to the report "the incident". She came into the kitchen and anxiously reported that Rachel was using all of her nail polish. I calmly asked how she could have gotten Alexa's (play) nail polish as it is all up high in her bathroom cabinet. Alexa replied, "Not my bathroom, Mom, you're bathroom!" This got me moving as I wondered for the second time how Rachel could have gotten into my bathroom cabinet which although is not high, does have a child-proof (ya rite!) latch on it.

What I found upon entering the bathroom was Rachel calmly sitting on my bathroom rug with what apparently was her fifth color of polish being applied on top of the other four colors on her toes -yes, not just her toenails, but her toes as well. Her hands weren't overly messy; there are a few drips on her sweatshirt, a huge splash on her pants, some drips on the rug, and a huge puddle in the bottom of the cabinet where she seemed to have tipped an open bottle when she put it away. Although Cole had nothing to do with making this mess, he still seemed to get it on his sock, hand, and arm just by coming in the room to see what the big to do was about.

Rachel has never had her toes painted before. I am not even sure that she has seen me paint mine, although she has seen me with painted toenails. I told her when she starts going poop on the potty, we can start painting her nails. It worked for Alexa three years ago, we'll see if it works for Rachel as well.