don't be fooled

You see this see little girl - all smiles and shiny eyes and bouncy curls? Isn't she just the cutest little thing?Well don't let her fool you. Behind all that sweet innocence lurks mischief, trouble and downright naughtiness.
Today alone this is what I have encountered. After I finished my cereal this morning I ran outside to take the empty milk carton out to the recycle bin. I was gone maybe 10 seconds. And Ella was furious that I left her so she took what was left of her cereal - about a 1/2 cup of cereal and milk - and flung it across the kitchen. My ten second departure resulted in 30 minutes of cleaning of droplets of milk and soggy cornflakes that covered my kitchen.

Later today I caught her with chocolate all over her mouth. The only chocolates around are my special valentine chocolates that are on top of the fridge. How does a two year old get on top of the fridge? And she ate like four of the 6 that I was saving and slowly savoring.

So far today I have stopped her from letting water flood the bathroom, writing all over some library books. getting lip gloss everywhere and terrorizing the piano books. And it is only noon.

Don't you love two year olds? It sure is a good thing they are so cute on top of all their mischief or life would be pretty miserable!

I guess I should have taken pictures of the chaos this morning and posted them along with the angelic pictures. Now when she is older she will think she was nothing but good. And when the memories of cleaning up flung cereal and milk fade that is probably all I will remember too. And I guess that's OK too.