I've been a very bad mommy! I should be punished!!

Maybe even put into time out! oh yes how wonderful would that be. Think I could get away with taking nap while in time out?! I doubt it. She'll sit at the end of the "time out hallway" and keep saying,"Mommy, you know there is NO sleeping in time out! And NO talking!" she will say. This isn't fair. I was bad, I should get to go into time out and do whatever I need to to calm down and regroup right?! lol


So here is the reason I should be placed into time out:
 

Now I know you are wondering what in the world could cause me to get into trouble with this picture right?  well, so there's a little back story to this.  Natalie has ALWAYS had a problem with "helping herself" in my fridge ever since she could walk and open it on her own.  There have been more than once when I've walked in to milk all over the floor, jelly spread all over the walls near the fridge, or her sitting in the bottom of the fridge eating whatever is closest to her in the fridge.  I've tried everything.. The latest thing we tried was the little lock on the fridge (see it hanging open up there on the side of the handle?) yeah, that worked for all of about two days before she had figured out how to unlock it herself.  She actually unlocks it, gets in the fridge, takes out what she wants and relocks it.  Isn't that so sweet of her?! oh yeah! so fun!  While I'm all for her being independent I'm NOT all for having to clean up the messes that she makes while I'm in the bathroom or in the laundry room switching loads or running out to the mailbox for less than 2 minutes to drop something in the mailbox.  So, here is a little different part to her background as well.. All of the sudden this Halloween season Miss Nat has become deathly afraid of ... you guessed it... spiders!! While cleaning out her sister's room the other day I came across this magnet set of insects that is a game you play with them.  So, I thought it would be a great game to play with her.  She was all excited and wanted to do so.  I took it out and set it on the floor, without opening it.  While I went to switch laundry again I noticed that she was stalking the game walking the perimeter of the room.  She got down on her hands and knees and crawled to the side of the couch where she proceeded to hide behind it.  I asked her what she was doing.  "Mommy, do you think that has spiders in it?  I doubt it since spiders are arachnids not insects right?"  I told her I thought she was right and went back to switching the laundry! Two seconds later she came flying into the laundry room and climbed up my whole body until she was sitting on top of the washer! "Mommy! You were wrong! You were wrong and you LIED to me! Why did you lie to me mommy?"  OMG.. I was cracking up then.. Apparently there were in fact two spiders in the box.  She made me take it into the other room and wouldn't go into the room where they were.. Imagine that: it was the KITCHEN!! And I placed them both on the fridge!!

 She hasn't touched it in two days!! She will say,"Mommy I'm dying of thirst, will you go get me something!?" My response is always, "Go get some water out of the fridge!"  yeah, she hasn't gone to that fridge in two days.  Now, while I feel bad for making my kid scared to go into my kitchen I haven't had to clean up spilled milk in days.. I personally think I'm a genius!!

Don't you love the spiders on her glitter pumpkin? I thought it was appropriate! :D