Have you had your scare for the day?

The other day I was exercising out in the garage while Sydney was napping and Rebecca was playing upstairs. I got done and enjoyed the peace and quiet of just one child playing happily without fighting. But after about 10 minutes I hadn't heard a thing from upstairs where I figured Rebecca was playing. I sent Hayden up to see if she was ok while I was finishing the dishes, but he came back and said he didn't see her.

I thought she might be hiding in Sydney's room after stealing Syd's binky. I went up there and Sydney's door was shut, but I crept in to see if she was in there and didn't see her anywhere. I checked her bedroom, couldn't see her anywhere. I started to get a little worried. Checked my room, the bathroom, my closet, no Rebecca to be found. Now my heart was really beating hard. I didn't ever hear the house alarm go off while I was exercising, and I leave the door open to the house, I knew she couldn't have left the house without me seeing or hearing, but I couldn't imagine where she could be.

Once again I swept the whole house again. It isn't like my home is THAT big, with tons of hiding places. Finally after running through the house like a crazy woman searching every nook and cranny I got down and looked under Rebecca's bed, where I'd peeked before, but from standing, not getting down on the ground. And there she was.

She had found a binky, hid where I wouldn't find her and dozed off to sleep. I think my heart rate got faster looking for her than it did during my workout!

P.S. Don't judge me because my almost 4 yr old daughter still sucks on a binky! I PROMISE she doesn't have permission.

P.P.S Don't judge the fact that I can't control my almost 4 yr old daughter that has a steel will, and if she is determined to steal a binky she will do it at all costs, even if it means having Barbies thrown in the garbage.

P.P.P.S. Don't judge me for letting my daughter wear a 2 piece swimsuit. We bought it only because it came with a matching life jacket that was cheaper than others, and she always wore the life jacket.

P.P.P.P.S. She only wears it to swim outside at home when her other swimsuits are wet. We tell her it isn't modest, because she shouldn't be showing her belly button.

P.P.P.P.P.S. She has a good solution to not showing her belly button. She pulls the top all the way down so it covers her belly button.

P.P.P.P.P.P.S. She doesn't realize that by pulling it down to cover her belly button it is revealing her little boobies - thus still immodest.

P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S. I also realize I don't have to justify myself to anyone, and that none of you are judging me in the first place, it was just a fun way to tell you that she pulls her top down to be modest, but ends up being more immodest then she was to start with.