Cotton balls, Glue, and Sanity

So yesterday morning after losing the the final remnant of my sanity, I handed my two year old daughter Hannah a bottle of white glue and said "entertain yourself, mommy will be in the closet!"

If you know me, I have NEVER given Hannah full reign of the white glue.  A glue stick sure, not the white glue, it's too messy, and I am convinced she will suck it dry.

This is what happened:

Ethan was screaming, had been screaming all morning, he wanted to be held, when I held him he wanted to be put down.  He's got the stomach flu so I am trying to make him feel better but I was at a loss yesterday as to what would help.  He was a raving lunatic every time he saw food so I knew he was hungry.  But he couldn't keep his toast down earlier, so I was being very careful what I was feeding him despite what he might have wanted.

Hannah being a typical 2 year old wanted mommy attention and wanted to play with Ethan.  She was frustrated when neither happened.

The house was a mess.

Mommy was tired and had a HUGE migraine.

ENTER THE GLUE

I ended up throwing the screaming Ethan in the play pen.  I figure if he was going to scream, it might as well not be in my ear. Buckled Hannah into her highchair and put her bib on.  I gave her a piece of paper, a handful of cotton balls, and the bottle of glue.

She looked at me and said 3 words.  "Mommy do it", she knows how we do things around here.  I told her she could do and she didn't look back.  Thankfully, this entertained her for awhile, she did not eat the glue, and most surprisingly, she did not make a mess.

I found the CLOSET.....Actually, the Tylenol and then I fed Ethan.

Turns out he has been cranky because he is teething his top front teeth that with being sick.  Would wouldn't be cranky.