Ah, the life of a toddler…  Last night, I’m sitting in front of the TV waiting patiently for Desperate Housewives to start (having just put L.A. Toddler to bed for the second time.) And I’m feeling pretty confident that I’ll be able to watch my show uninterrupted, when — what do you know? We hear a little noise in the hallway.  L.A. Daddy gets up to put her back in bed and instead, I hear “Honey, you’ve got to see this!”

I zip round the corner to find my sweet baby girl has smeared lip gloss all over her lips. And her cheeks. And her forehead. Oh, and the palms and backs of both hands… But the “highlight” of all her handiwork? She’s got glossy pink stripes in her hair!  She’s holding both hands up in the air and has a look of bewilderment on her face.