Purple Nail Polish

Ok, I'm finally ready to talk about purple nail polish. I was pretty mad for a while, but after cleaning up after the kids and their stomach flu and then battling my own flu this week, I've decided that I'm too tired to be mad any more. ;)

Tyson loves to throw things. Anything and everything. Plates, bowls, trucks, toys, shoes, etc. We were upstairs in my bathroom and Tyson was getting stuff out of the cupboards and drawers. As usual he examined each item and then threw it. I was indisposed at the time and I could hear him in my basket of nail polish. He's thrown these before and they never break so I wasn't worried.

Suddenly, I hear a bang and breaking glass and I just knew it was bad. Sure enough, I look out and Tyson is standing by the tub, pointing and saying "uh-oh" and in the tub was a broken bottle of nail polish. It was fairly new and almost full and one of my favorite colors...purple chrome. He had thrown it into the tub and as luck would have it, it hit the metal drain plug and shattered. This lovely color was splashed all over the sides of the tub, gathering around the drain, and there were splatters everywhere. Of course, I did the rational thing and screamed. Loudly.

I must have scared Tyson because he started to cry. Taylor came running into the room and I started yelling at him...get me some towels, get me some wipes, get me something!!! I was wiping as fast as I could, but it wasn't enough. Some of the polish had dried and it looked awful. This paint does NOT match my decor and it's everywhere. (although later, my mom mentioned that I should have just splattered more into the tub and then changed my paint job to match the tub...any excuse to redecorate right?) So, I got the polish remover and started wiping. It took me 45 minutes and half a bottle of remover, but I got most of it up. There is still a purple tinge in the bottom where the non-slip grooves are but hopefully they'll wear off in time.

As for Tyson...he got a hug and I withdrew my threat to give him to grandma and I have cleaned out all the breakables from the bathroom and hid them. Now all he can throw is combs.

I think I'm looking forward to the day when I can unbaby proof my house and not have to climb a ladder to paint my nails.