I Should Have Known

My five-year-old is a very strong willed child.  He has been a challenge from the day he was born.  Any discipline that worked with his older siblings is not going to work with him.  So – no times outs, no taking away toys, no yelling, no sending him to his room.  What worked before, does not work now.  So, I should have known not to get the fingernail polish out.  I haven’t used polish for a couple of years knowing that usually out of sight is out of mind.  Drew loves polish and he wants to put it on himself.  He isn’t happy with an adult putting it on for him.  So I would rather not use it than have to fight Drew over it.  But . . . the weather was nice, out came the sandals, and toes look so much better when polished.  That was last Sunday.  I made two mistakes – I used the polish in front of him and I didn’t have enough time to polish his toes too. Again, I should have known.  So then the polish was put away and forgotten about.  Or so I thought.  On Wednesday, Drew decided to polish his toes.  And his carpet.  And I thought he was playing with his dinosaurs!  So . . . how do you get half a bottle of polish out of carpet?  With the help of Pinterest I now know that baby wipes, rubbing alcohol and lots of elbow grease does a fairly good job!  I should have taken before and after pictures but at the time I was simply working on staying calm and getting the mess cleaned up – not on taking pictures!  So, Drew and I have pretty polished toenails.  Drew’s carpet is saved.  And I will wait another year to get the polish out hoping that in another year he won’t want to use nail polish like mommy anymore.  I’m learning to pick my battles and unpolished toes are a small price to pay to keep the peace.

Yesterday morning was spent in the timber with my parents and Drew.

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I know spring is here when the bluebells bloom and this year they are absolutely gorgeous.

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The timber was a blanket of blue – pictures don’t come close to the how pretty this scene is – a sea of blue blanketed the whole timber!  When I was young I would wander down to the timber every spring and pick a bouquet of bluebells.  They are such a delicate and enchanting spring flower!

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