Marker.... and polish

This is my first posting of The Life and Times of Lucy Nicole Schochler, a.k.a. Hurricane Lucy.

Okay, so just to catch you up on what is happening each day, here is what happened in the month of May.

5/5/08: After going to the gym, we rushed home so I could shower and leave again for a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. I asked Daniel to watch her while I was in the shower, and I put on Sesame Street for her to watch. She doesn't really watch it, but sometimes, she'll pause and watch it for a few minutes. I was hoping that this would help Daniel keep her busy. I rushed thru my shower, got dressed and put my makeup on, only to be greeted at my bedroom door by Lucy covered in green Crayola marker! Her arms, legs, shirt, feet and hands were colored on. Instead of watching Lucy, Daniel watched Sesame Street! I didn't take pictures. Sorry. Daniel got a stern talking too about it and we went on after a quick bath and a change of clothes. We were late to the party.

5/6/08: After EmmaLee got home from school, I realized I hadn't showered all day and we were leaving to go to my friend Sarah's house for dinner. So I again, asked Daniel (and EmmaLee this time) to watch Lucy for me while I was taking a shower. Again, I came out of my room only to find Lucy covered in brown dry erase marker. Only it was worse this time. She colored all over her arms, legs, toenails, bottoms of her feet, face, tummy, shirt, shorts and her diaper too! Oh, and the wall in the office. As I came around the corner I was met by EmmaLee who was trying to explain what happened and she was stumbling over her words. Daniel was kneeling on the floor in front of Lucy frantically scrubbing her arm with a wipe. This time, I didn't get mad, Daniel already knew I was mad.

5/25/08: Today is my birthday. We overslept a bit so we decided to skip Sunday School so we weren't frantically rushing around. We ate breakfast and got dressed and had about 30 minutes left over. So I decided to paint the girls toenails (in my bathroom). I started with Lucy. She loves getting her toes polished. When I finished I took her into the hall bath to fix her hair. I realized then, that she had a dirty diaper and called to Danny to come change it before I fixed her hair. I took EmmaLee into my bath to start on her toenails. Apparently I took the polish into the hall bath with me, big mistake. And apparently, Danny didn't hear me ask him to change her diaper. EmmaLee's toes needed more work. I had to take her old polish off and trim her toenails. And just as I started to paint her first toe, she gasped. I turned around and there was precious Lucy, covered in bright pink polish! I threw her into the bathtub only to realize the extent of the damage. I told EmmaLee to run get Danny and when she got to the door of our room she gasped again, only louder. Our bedroom is across the hall from the hall bathroom. I went running to where she was and there it was. Polish... all over the floor, with little foot prints accenting the huge puddle. I don't think I ever realized how much polish is actually in a bottle. Danny met me in the hall and I told him to grab the camera.

Here are the pictures of 'the polish incident'.