Asserting her independence and more

So, while I was at a doctor appointment the other day and Sr was watching the children, Jr3 apparently decided she wan't getting enough attention from Sr.  She took off her dirty diaper, painted the wall with it, and then proceeded to wash her hair with it.  Then in the midst of this, the sister missionaries stopped by to see if they could help.  Unfortunately since I wasn't home, they couldn't come in and help.  I'm glad I didn't have to deal with the mess this time.

Our house is a bit quirky.  It has four doors.  Each door has the doorknob lock plus a deadbolt.  When we moved in, each lock had a different key, so that is eight different keys.  Then the screen doors have a door lock and a deadbolt.  Only one of the screen door locks has a keyhole, so if you lock both screen door locks from inside you can't get in from the outside.  And that's four more keys for a total of twelve.  We got new matching locks for all the doors and have installed them on the two doors we use the most (so now we are down to 9 keys instead of 12, plus each screen door having a deadbolt that we can't unlock).  We only carry the new key and the front screen door key.

Today when we went to church, we went out through our foyer / sun room / entryway / weird room.  It is much closer to the cars, so it's great for when we are bringing in groceries and when it's cold.  When we got home Sr went to open the front door, since we only carry the new key and a key to the screen door with us.  However, we had gone out the other door, so this screen door was locked top and bottom (therefore we couldn't unlock it).  The back door (the other door we have a key to) had it's screen doors locked also.  We were locked out of our house.

Then we got back in the van while Sr was checking all the doors once more, just in case.  We decided to say a prayer and Jr2 volunteered to say it.  When Sr came back to say they were all definitely locked, we told him about our prayer.  So he went to see what he could do.  After a while Jr2 went to look for him.  He came back all excited and said,"Daddy has a ladder and is trying to get in a window."  Then he went back.

In a few minutes, Sr came around the front of the house and Jr2 opened the door from inside.  Then Jr2 had to show Jr3 and I how he did it; then Jr3 had to climb in through the window also.  Then Sr closed the window and put the ladder away.  Good thing, since Jr2 and Jr3 went back to the window to try and climb down so they could climb back in again.  Who thought all those visits to the playground monkey bars would come in handy so soon?

Jr3 has also decided her bedtime should be more like 10 or 12 at night.  When informed it is bedtime, she says "I'm not ti-red" and "I not ready yet".  She then strips off her PJs and starts for her diaper.  After a threat of duct tape she leaves the diaper on.  She wants to watch TV, but after a certain time, she is informed that Caillou, Daniel Tiger and all her other buddies have gone to bed and she can't watch them any more.  She then reads books, has us read books, reads her dolls books and puts them to bed, sings lullabies, and does everything but actually go to bed.  When we try to put her in the room she shares with Jr2, she throws a fit and wakes up Jr2.