……that you’re past a certain stage as a parent, some interplanetary karma comes back and kicks you in the butt.

I thought for sure that at nearly 19 months we were past the “put everything in your mouth” stage with Madeline….well other than crayons. In fact, I haven’t seen her put anything in her mouth aside from food and crayons for at least 2 weeks. However, today, she and Claire were playing on the porch and Jonathan and I both saw something green peeking out of her mouth. I went over, did the obligatory finger sweep (thank you Notre Dame lifeguard training for showing me that little trick) and out popped these two little things. (Click here)

Now, I wonder if she’s just stuffing little plastic thingies in her mouth at random or else she’s being REALLY snarky and wanted to send me a message. Hmm. Time will tell. It also makes me wonder what else she’s eaten that I don’t know about. I mean we have all of Claire’s little teensy dolly things in plastic tubs she can’t yet open, but who knows if its all there. Oye.