Oh, Mila

Mila makes bad choices. It's just a fact. While some people lack a filter on their words, she lacks a filter on her actions. If she thinks it, she does it.

It's not necessarily a negative. While it certainly lands her in hot water from time-to-time, it means that she won't be afraid to take risks. If that girl makes up her mind that she wants to do something, she's quite simply going to do it. Glass ceilings will shatter the second she walks through a door, y'know? If you contrast that to the big sister in this house, there's even more good to be found. Together the two of them are going to challenge one another in ways that are going to be amazing.

One is the cautious rule follower. The other is the free-spirited unicorn.

That free-spirited unicorn has had quite the week. From painting her own nails to dumping an entire box of cereal all over the floor, she's been BUSY.

But today's "adventure" wins.

The kid loves lip balm. A lot. If she gets her sticky little hands on lip balm, she puts enough on to last the Olympic ski team a month. It's beyond painting her face to resemble a clown. Which, whatever. It's not really hurting anything, especially since I've started giving the kid her very own tubes of lip balm. As long as she stays out of mine, we're good.

So she was slathering her face with lip balm. I let it be while I ran upstairs to change clothes. When I returned a couple of minutes later, SHE WAS STILL SLATHERING. I mean, c'mon. If you spend several minutes slathering, it's too much.

I told Mila to put the lip balm away.

She didn't.

So I started to walk towards her. My goal was to take it away from her.

She knew that was what I was going to do.

Mila panicked. She didn't want to give up her lip balm, so she did the first thing that came to mind. Of course. Always. She always does the first thing that comes to mind.

She bit off the end of the lip balm tube and handed me the plastic. As in, she ate the waxy part.

Harvard is going to come knocking on our door any second now. I just know it.

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[Mary]

I laughed a little too hard at this.