"What happened, Mommy?"

"What happened, Mommy?" are the first words out of Chloe's mouth every time she does something she shouldn't be doing. My response it, "You, Chloe! You happened!" I hear/say this several times a day. Chloe is into everything all the time. You have all heard me say this repeatedly. We have had to baby-proof our house so much more than we ever had to do with the other two. We had doorknob covers so she can't open any of the doors in the house. We also have outlet covers, baby gates, and drawer latches. However, Chloe has managed to figure out how to work around most of our baby-proofing. She is such a monkey and loves to climb. Chloe has no fears! She has committed each offense multiple times. Most of them occur when I have left her alone for just a minute to put in a load of laundry, or go to the restroom, or answer the phone. She is quick and stealthy! I have pictures from a few instances...

closing the garage door while the back hatch of my van was open:





climbing into the built-ins in the den (I'm sure you're thinking that she wouldn't have been able to climb in without the tables. Well, the tables are there because she has mastered the cabinet latches we put on to keep her out of the movies, games, and puzzles that are in the bottom cabinets.):




climbing at the park:









stacking and sitting:





can't resist something on the kitchen counter (notice she uses the drawers as a ladder):






notice the monkey toes:



Dad left a box of cereal on the counter:


And there are many that required immediate attention rather than a photo opportunity such as:

* putting her clean clothes into the bath tub with her
* covering the white bathroom floor, clothes, her hands, neck, face, tub, counter, rug, and her feet (top, bottom, and between her toes) with red finger nail polish---it looked like a murder scene!
*burgundy nail polish on floor, one foot, one finger, and pants
*black waterproof mascara on feet and toes (to make them pretty)
*lip gloss on toes (also to make them pretty---it's starting to sound like she wants a pedicure!)
*flipping off the top bunk of Jackson's bunk bed and landing flat on her back (jumped on purpose)
*scaling a dresser to get items off the top (remember her monkey toes!)
*standing on the dining room table and swinging the light fixture (numerous times)
* coloring on many walls, floors, bean bags, herself, her clothing, furniture, etc. with pens, crayons and markers
*cutting a hole in her shirt with child safety scissors
*drinking water out of the koi pond in the backyard
*playing in the dog's food and water
*pushing the water spout on the refrigerator, saying "help, help, help..." while the water runs down her arm, body, and refrigerator making a puddle in the floor but refusing to remove her hand
*pushing off with her feet to flip bar stools and chairs back onto the concrete floor (yes, we've watched her for signs of concussions many times)
*climbing onto the kitchen counter, crawling over the gas stove and knobs, taking the medicine box off the top of the refrigerator, opening the bottle of teething tabs, and eating half the bottle
*she can open almost any bottle of medicine--child-proof or not
*she's also eaten beano and maalox
*drank fingernail polish remover (called poison control that time)

And I know there are more "events" that I can't think of right now. PLEASE, PLEASE don't call child services on me! I am a good mom but Chloe is quite a handful, to say the least! And I keep thinking 'if she's this bad now, what's it going to be like when she's a teenager!'