That Was A Long One

Today's highlights:

• A random "I love you Mommy" from Luke when we were driving.
• A stop at the park after Luke's Tremendous 2's class.
• Lunch at Jimmy John's with 2 well-behaved children.
• Watching Luke flip through the clothes rack at JC Penney's looking at all of the clearance Cars 2 shirts they had and getting one for just $1.97. He was so serious about it and looking for the perfect shirt!
  

The lowlights:

• Losing sight of Luke while I was taking a shower this morning and stepping out of the shower to the words, "Help me!" coming from a little boy downstairs. I came down to find him sitting on the kitchen table with the chair too far away that he couldn't get down (I wonder how long he was like that!).
• A kicking and screaming almost 3-year old who did NOT want to leave JC Penney's (so ridiculous!). He would not get into the van and once he did, he would NOT sit in his seat to get buckled in. He kept hitting the automatic door button. I finally pulled him out of the middle of the van, placed him in his seat and had to hold him down to get him buckled in. (Note: He fell asleep within 5 minutes of me driving home.)
  
• After hitting Nala with a toy, I put Luke in timeout. He sat on the steps yelling "No Mommy! I'm not sitting in timeout" repeatedly!
  
• While I was getting Paige ready for bed after her bath (diapering, lotioning, and putting on her pajamas), I heard silence. I kept asking Luke what he was doing and getting no response (seems to be the norm these days!). I find him sitting on top of the counter in the bathroom putting his hands all over the mirror (seriously, what is with him climbing today!).

And the lowest lowlight of the day:


Yes, that is a toy train and my hair!

Luke was playing with this little train (whose wheels spin when it is turned on) right outside of the bathroom while I was giving Paige a bath. It makes a little noise and he said it sounded like a razor. So he came over and was pretending to shave. He said let's shave mommy and put the train on my head. My hair immediately got caught around the wheels. It was pulling my hair so hard. I do NOT have a sensitive scalp, but this hurt bad! I am trying to turn the train off and pull it out of my hair. All the while, Paige is kicking away in the tub (she loves it) so I can't walk away to deal with a train on my head. So I finish up Paige's bath with a train still pulling my hair. My hair is wrapped around the wheel...I have no idea how I am going to get it out. Do I cut it? Do I yank really hard? Seriously. I am losing enough hair being postpartum. I can't really see what is going on with the wheel and my hair since it is in the back of my head so I finally just yank and it hurt so bad. I am really hoping I don't have a bald spot - ha!

:sigh: But now, both kids are asleep, Wally still isn't home from his golf match, I have a quiet house, Grey's Anatomy starts tonight (right now actually, I will need to catch up with the DVR), and tomorrow is another day!