Trouble Times Two...

I am starting to feel a little stir crazy.  I want to be on our own again.  There are pros and cons to our arrangement and I'm not complaining that we are able to save money for a down payment and I'm not complaining against my in-laws as they have been absolutely wonderful hosts.  But I am ready to have independence and a house I don't have to clean up after each little playtime and nap and toddler proofing to my liking not just enough to save their hides and a schedule that isn't thrown off at the whim of grandparents who want to take them walking.

We've had the grape juice scare...Seren found a mostly empty glass of grape juice in the computer room and came to proudly show it to me while I was changing Kendall's diaper in the front room.  Grape juice was slung over brand new carpet (literally a month or two old).  Thank goodness it all came out or at least to the point you can't tell and my in-laws weren't upset and hopefully keep these treasures out of reach more often now.  Then came the spiral stair case that comes out of the floor fire-house-like except with carpet.  The girls weren't interested much at first and we blocked the entry with a chair but they soon found it was fun to stick a leg out and wiggle it while mom rushed to stop them.  This lasted two days before Seren (see the trouble maker here haha) stuck her leg out while I was holding Kendall a few feet away and when Seren went to step down discovered the step wasn't close and toppled right through the railing and half way down the stairs giving me a heart attack in the process as when she came to stop on her back with her head hanging over the edge that I thought if she moved she'd fall the 4 feet + to the basement.  Oh and then we had a comet scare last week...the girls got a hold of a canister of comet while I was throwing stuff in the car for a weekend getaway and it was flung over the front room.  I freaked out at first thinking they had swallowed some or gotten some in their eyes or such and wondering where on earth they found it.  Thank goodness none of the above happened and a little vacuuming took care of the clean up.  We've had dish soap with lids broken off moved out of reach, dish detergent in capsules hid and re-hid, spiral stairs wrapped in rope to prevent more falls, chairs and furniture moved to block trouble and drawers rearranged to keep curious hands out of jewelry, etc.  I had no idea it required so much rearranging to child proof things.  And bless their hearts all of these has been happily done to accommodate these grandchildren.  Like I said this is nothing against my in-laws.  I simply am ready to child proof in a way that doesn't feel like an inconvenience for anyone else.

We have an offer on a short sale and we're in first position so we wait to hear from the bank.  Meanwhile I look at houses and real estate websites and try to otherwise occupy my time when the girls are napping.  I hope that this is a short transition and I hope that we are not wearing out any welcome yet or that we even get to that point.  Just me.  Rambling on about the mischief two little 17 month old girls can get into.