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Toddlers be cray, man.

SO CRAY!

There are days when I feel like I’m living in a hostage negotiation situation, where I’m the hostage, and I’m doing everything I can to keep my toddler captor from losing her sh*t!

No really, though. I mean, it’s hard because she’s still learning how to manage her emotions, and when she just can’t deal, her frustration flows out of her through in fierce and epic tantrums. I, in turn, am also learning how to be the most patient version of myself (OH, LAWD, GIVE ME STRENGTH!). That part of toddler-hood is utterly and completely exhausting, no doubt, but for the most part, life with this newly minted threenager is fun.

One particularly cool part of this time is hearing her put together complete sentences and using new words. The other day she said that the book she was “reading” (she sits on the couch with a book, which is usually upside-down, and looks at the pictures) was complex. “Mommy, this story is so complicated! There are so many pictures of different frogs.”

Oh, and then there’s the running toddler commentary on anything and everything. “Mommy, do you see the airplane? Is the plane going to Hawaii? Mommy, THE MOON! I see the moon, and the moon sees me. Mommy why are stopping? Is the light red? Oh, look mommy, THERE’S A BUS! I see a bus! And a fire truck!”

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Even though she definitely has her meltdowns and crabby days (don’t we all), the good times outweigh the hard stuff. Like, the nicest thing happened last week. We were driving to Target to look at nail polish, which she’s been more and more interested in lately. I figure that if I make the fruit too forbidden, it’ll be that much more enticing, so I told her that, as a reward for having a good week at school and for listening to mommy and daddy and being nice to her big brother (Tabs) and picking up her toys, she could pick out a nail polish of her own that I would do her nails with.

On the way to the store, while we were waiting at a stoplight, Connor got really quiet and said, “Mommy, you’re a really good mama. You listen. You REALLY listen.”

I almost burst into tears right then and there, but instead I said, “Thank you, Connor. That’s a really nice thing to say. You’re a really good daughter.”

My heart… ❤️ It felt like it was going to explode.

Note to self: Hold on to this memory, because she’ll be a teenager soon enough, and that’s gonna be a hoot!

She ended up picking out a sparkly blue, pink and purple glitter by Sally Hansen, and she insisted that we paint our toes the same color so we could match, awww!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict

Karen

So…what is the Monday Poll?

Excellent question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll, like with little clicky buttons. It’s just a list of five more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past quadrillion years (since 2007). I love reading your answers, and it helps me get my week off to a good start.

1. How early is too early?

5 a.m. is too early IMO. I think we should officially declare that it’s “too early” for productive work.

And 4:30 is waaaaaaay too early!

If I have to, though, I can do 5… If I HAVE to.

2. Walk me through how you like to do your eyeliner.

My current phase is to *only* liner my upper lash line. No tight line. Just the upper lash line, and I do the thinnest line I can get away with using the Clinique Pretty Easy Liquid Eyeliner Pen. Then I load a flat smudge brush with a dark brown powder eyeshadow and smudge the edge of the line.

Sometimes, I’ll also wing out the outer corner ever so slightly.

3. How often do you “overline” your lips?

Never.

But, um…if we’re talking about 2014, then that would be another story, LOL!

4. Today I’m feeling ______.

Hopeful!

Also, truthfully, a little tired… Two-day weekends are never long enough.

5. Bake from scratch 🍰 or buy from the store?

My answer to this question varies based on many factors… Right now? I’d rather buy it from a store!

Yup, I’m still going through a dainty nail polish phase…

It’s funny how one’s taste in nail polish colors 💅 can change so quickly! I would’ve thought that a week with a nude-ish polish on my nails would have been enough to get this pastel phase through my system so I could go back to wearing the blues, greens and yellows I’d normally wear, but alas…that’s now how it played out.

I saw this display of bridal-inspired spring Essie Gel Coutures in Target and nearly swooned in front of the greeting card aisle.

When has that ever happened? UM, NEVER! If you have a favorite pastel please let me know!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Question time! Here they are to copy/paste with your answers in a comment. Talk to you soon.

1. How early is too early?
2. Walk me through how you like to do your eyeliner.
3. How often do you “overline” your lips?
4. Today I’m feeling ______.
5. Bake from scratch or buy from the store?