"Accidents"

Our house have been having a lot of "accidents" lately. Our mischievous little Abby definitely is our most wily and sneaky child. She somehow finds all her siblings' candy I hide from various holidays around the house and I've been finding little wrappers in corners all around the house quietly tucked away. She also has a bad habit of writing on things. Markers have again been banned from our home because they inevitably get left out and Abby writes all over everything. I thought we had it taken care of but she found the pens too. She came into my room recently like the picture below and said... "Mom, I accidentally wrote on myself." Its curious then that there are so many marks if it was an "accident." :) Unfortunately I soon discovered she had written all over the walls in her room and in some of my books as well...... sigh. I get lots of practice taking deep breaths these days... oh and you may notice she was wearing panties in the photo. She completely potty trained herself for a few weeks before our trip to Texas but when we got back she'd have nothing to do with it and insisted she liked being a baby. I got tired of cleaning up number one and number two in various corners of my home where she decided to do her business... so we let go of the power struggle and go back to diapers until she's ready again. It seems a stretch to think anyone can "accidentally" run into a corner of their brother's room or behind the play kitchen when the real potty was closer, go potty, and then run out and keep playing, more likely we're just not ready to potty train yet. We love you Abby... someday your clever ideas will serve you well.