Brain Dust

Our garbage collector has started pulling our garbage can up to the house for us every week. It's thoughtful, it's kind, and it's starting to feel just a little creepy. They don't do this for anyone else, so why us? I'd love to be able to credit my svelte figure and luscious locks, but I'd have to find them first. Maybe they just appreciate how neatly I tie up the bags?

Why is it my daughters can't leave folded laundry alone? I can't fold a load of clothes while they're in the room anymore because the baby will immediately run over and start pulling the stacks of folded clothes over and waving the clothing around. The preschooler, on the other hand, won't disturb me while I'm folding, but if I leave anything unattended she'll climb in the middle of it and arrange it around her in a nest. Or throw it on the floor. It all depends. I'm not sure on what.

Speaking of the baby, she's been learning how to undress herself. I'd be happy at her progress, except the purpose of getting her clothes off is really all about getting access to her diaper so she can take that off, too. Twice now she's woken up an hour after bedtime, crying, naked and cold, on a wet sheet. (Though I think big sister might have provided some help in getting the sleeper off.) Daytimes are even worse, because the clothes are easier to remove. I've taken to dressing her in onesies all the time, with limited success. She can still open the tabs, even if she can't get the diaper all the way off. It's all been enough to make me consider using duct tape to keep the blasted thing on. My sister tells me though that then you have to use a blowtorch to get the diaper off. I'm thinking about it.

I caught the girls in the kitchen the other day, eating margarine. Someone had left the open tub on the kitchen table. The baby was sitting on the table, hand buried up to her wrist in the greasy yellow stuff. The preschooler had scooped out a handful, which she quickly shoved in her mouth when I came around the corner. I was told that, if you give them healthy choices, small children will automatically choose to eat what their bodies need. Does this mean my children need to start low-carbing?