Mishaps and Mayhem

Nicole got Skylar a little african dress in Ghana. Skylar was very busy, so it wasn't easy to get a good shot, but you get the idea....

Friday was a dangerous day in the Rue household:) Micah has a 4 day weekend so he got up early on friday morning to read in the living room. He decided to light some candles for ambience as it was still dark out. (He's turning into an old man getting up before dawn on his days off!!!) One of them was on the coffee table, on top of some papers. Later that morning I was sitting on the couch with Skylar in my lap and she grabbed a paper, pulling the candle off the table. There was a few inches of hot wax in the jar since it had been burning for several hours by that point. Thankfully the wax missed her, that could have been awful. It ended up all over the carpet and couch though. Hot, orange, pumpkin spice wax.....everywhere.

If this should ever happen to you, DO NOT panic and start blotting the carpet and then scrubbing it with a brush and carpet cleaner like I did. All it did was spread the wax and grind it into the carpet. Apparently you are supposed to (calmly) let it cool then pick off what you can and iron up the rest of it with paper towels or a brown paper bag. After that any residual stain can "easily" be removed with carpet cleaner. Would have been good to know......looks like we won't be getting our deposit back! I was able to get most of it up after the fact by doing this, but there is still a nice big stain.

Later that day Micah watched Skylar while I went to the gym and she decided to flip herself off the changing table! He was standing right there and grabbing a wipe! She was fine, but slightly traumatized and a little banged up. This was her first fall, and Micah broke it by putting his arms under her. It too could have been much worse.

That evening Skylar was grabbing Jack's bone and when he took it back from her she cracked up. This was a fun game so they kept at it for awhile. She would take it, then he would get it from her and wait for her to take it, etc. Until Jack's nails accidentally scratched her.....more crying.....sigh.

Fortunately, we went to bed without further incidence and saturday was an accident free day.