Mila the Destroyer!

Although Magda and I have used the phrase many, many times it still has not lost its meaning: Mila the Destroyer!

Where's Waldo?

You might ask yourself, how can those parents let their child live in such a mess like that?  Well the answer is that we don't first of all and secondly this mess was accomplished in about 10 minutes of decorative creativity.  While this 'decorating' is taking place all that mommy and me can hear besides the constant noise is older sibling Lydia saying "ohhh Mila" over and over again.  So now if you are a parent you might be asking well where did all of that stuff come from?  Do they have cabinets or boxes or is it all piled up on the floor before becoming this mess?  Good question!  Magda and I are fans of furniture stores and visit them often trying to figure out what the best thing to buy to keep everything together :)  We like IKEA and RED, BLACK and WHITE and we order things online.  The problem is that the furniture we got for older sister who has a room just across from her gets pillaged daily and has her own things thrown about on the floor as a demonstration of might by Mila the Destroyer.  So most items are actually kept in different organized boxes, the diapers hang in a nice crocheted bag tied to the crib and the books are the only item piled in a careful stack next to the other nice boxes.  Mila is also a very skilled climber and one day gave us a scare when she noticed a window open and some chairs and tables that might be a suitable way to an escape so we are always thinking about what furniture she might not immediately be interested in climbing.  So despite the very attractive shelves and desks and cabinets that are out there waiting for us we occasionally settle for items that she probably wont destroy too much until we think she might be old enough to behave herself so that we can get her what we would really like to buy :)  So that red Tickle me Elmo you see in the picture is another great example of the little destroyer's fun, she likes to turn him on and then shove his face into the ground while it is moving around and shaking and laughing.  It has been a good toy that we found used on Amazon and has taken one hell of a beating out of her rage attacks :)  The diapers have all been put away for now but the rest of this mess is going to have to wait until after little Mila wakes up from her nap.  We do fortunately get some rest from her frequent mischief :)  I don't think there is a safe room in this house that she doesn't get into and terrorize, she does however listen to us when we tell her that certain cabinets or drawers in the kitchen are not hers to play with, well most of the time at least :)