the calm before the storm

no, i don't mean a tornado.
i'm referring to children.

word of advice to newbie babysitters (or mothers).
when you leave (an older) kid in a room for a few minutes to do something "really quickly" and the child gets really super quiet. you had better run back in there as fast as you can!! if the kids doesn't answer or you can't hear them playing at all you had better go and see what's up cause they're into something they shouldn't be-and it's usually REALLY messy.


once, i let "my" three year old go potty and it took her a sec but i thought she was probably just having problems with her clothes. yeah she came out with dripping hands and told me "my hands are clean now"-she washed them in the toilet.

another time she got into her moms perfume.

once, in the car, she didn't make a sound when she woke up so i just thought she was sleeping the whole time. no. she was picking her nose and wiping the buggers all over the window.

i also found a two year old little using his moms electric toothbrush to smear her broken lipstick all over the sink.

same kid once smeared my phone and glasses in yogurt.

anyways.
just thought i'd point that out.