C stands for Chaotic

My girls have been keeping me busy:

I keep forgetting that Callie can unscrew tops. So, as I was putting away the milk and such from a visit to the store, Callie gets into one of the bags and finds the acrylic green paint bottle I had bought to use on Ellie's Halloween costume. Thankfully, the damage was not as bad as it could have been. A hard scrub and long soak later of her jeans, sister's jeans, her socks, sister's socks, her shirt, sister's shirt....there is no evidence of green. Sister had green paint on her face all day and the entry way vinyl is still decorated with green dots, but all in time that will get cleaned up.

I've found that I need to rearrange the pantry, because in a given chance that the pantry door is left open, Callie's fingers find the spices and decides to spice up the floor. Half of the poppy seeds were sprinkled all over Caboose and his bed one quick few minutes while mommy was vacuuming. It's on my to do list to move spices higher up in pantry.

Today while I was hanging up the girls' clothes, Callie found the baby oil and squirted it on top of sister's head. Thankfully none got on the floor, but I didn't realize how much Elliott had on her until an hour later I gave her a kiss on the check; my lips are still uber soft.

I would talk about the incident in the bathroom one fateful afternoon, but I'm trying to block that from my memory.

But in the mist of all the chaos, Callie will end up helping me:

The other day I was getting the kitchen towels and wash clothes out of the dryer. Callie decided to help by pulling one by one out and handing them to me. It was nice. All I had to do was stand and fold.

Callie also helps me unload the dishwasher. She knows where everything goes. She puts the pots and pans up and then hands up all the high cabinet dishes. Once the bottom rack is cleared she'll step up and stand on the door to work on clearing the top rack where she'll twist her sippy cup parts together and hand them to me.

And Callie is starting to recognize when I'm tired and sad. Just last night I flopped down on the couch and put my chin in my hands and stared off into space. A few minutes later, Callie noticed me and ran over with open arms to give me a big hug and cuddle. And just like kissing a boo boo, it made my night all better.