Children keep life interesting

I have a mirror on my dresser.  That may not come as a surprise since many people have mirrors.  However, my mirror is not attached to anything.  It's just a large, heavy mirror that sits on the dresser.  Inside the top drawer of my dresser are my undergarments...THAT bit of information is ONLY relevant in the fact that it is also where I hide things I don't want the children to get...after all, who wants to see Mommy's underpants!

One of the things I hide in that drawer is nail polish.  If I don't hide the nail polish it becomes paint to a certain six year old little girl.  I don't like cleaning that kind of "paint" off walls, sheets, my clothes, the bathroom sink, the carpet....well, you get it.

Having said this however, it should be noted that while Banana is special...she is NOT stupid! 

The other night while I was cooking dinner:

Banana: "I want paint my finger nails"
Me: "Let me finish cooking dinner and we will paint your nails"
Banana: "Ok"

30 seconds later:
Banana: "Dinner done?"
Me: "Not yet, but it will be done soon and as soon as we are done eating I will paint your fingernails"
Banana: "OK"

15 seconds later
Banana: "The thing beeped.  Dinner is done"
Me: "That was the beep to tell me the oven is heated up, now I can put the food in"
Banana: "OK"

I put the chicken in the oven and walked into my bedroom just in time to hear a very LOUD crash followed by an even LOUDER scream.

There in front of me, was Banana, with a very heavy mirror, ON her head and in the process of sliding to the floor...which it did...LOUDLY.  I noticed the wood frame on the mirror was broken and immediately checked Banana's head for glass.  The glass was not broken.

Now, at this point my heart is racing because I am SURE I am going to find huge pieces of glasses sticking out of Banana's bloody head!! I'm in a bit of a panic.  Once I see that there in fact IS no real damage to Banana's hard little head, I do what ALL wonderful mom's do.  I totally freak out on her.

Me: "WHAT WERE YOU DOING???? IF YOU WOULD JUST LISTEN!!! I TOLD YOU WE WOULD PAINT YOUR NAILS AFTER I FINISHED WITH DINNER!! WHY CAN'T YOU JUST LISTEN?? NOW YOU BROKE MY MIRROR AND I HAVE TO THROW IT AWAY AND IFYOUR HADJUSTLISTENTOMEBLAHBLAHBLAHBLAHBLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH...(breath) YADAYADAYADAYADABLAHBLAHBLAHBLAHWAHAHAHAHAWHY DID YOU DO THAT???"

Banana: "Cuz I love you and wanted to help you get weddy to do my fingernails.  I'M SOWWY MOMMY!!!! (waillllllll)

Me internally...guilt, guilt, guilt, guilt, GUILT!!

I wish I was the offspring of a rabbit.