Ashlee's Funny Phases

I have to write about a few of Ashlee's funny phases because I don't want to forget about them.

Ashlee's loves notebooks- she has since she was little. If you want to buy her a prize, get her a notebook and mechanical pencils. One time we counted all of her notebooks in her room and there were over 60. So I know you are asking yourself... what on earth does she do with all those notebooks. Well she makes lists. Lists of everything. When she was little it was ice cream flavors, friends that she likes, reasons why she wants to own a giraff, her favorite clothing items. Now that she is older she writes stories, makes lists of movie quotes, draws her name with graffiti letters. One thing for sure. If you happen to walk in her room while she is watching TV, or listening to music, you will find her with a notebook in her lap.

Last month Ashlee sent 17,000 text messages per our Verizon bill. (thankfully we have unlimited texting). Lets break this down a little. That is around 566 per day. WOW! Now the funny part of this is not that she sends a lot of text messages. Nope. The funny part is that Ashlee just asked to trade me phones because she said it was... and I quote... "hard to text" on her new phone. Lets have a moment of silence for the poor kids who were not part of those 17,000 texts and give thanks that the situation has been rectified.

I think we go through about two bottles of fingernail polish remover every month and just a half second entrance into Ashlee's bathroom will burn your lungs from all the acetone. Ashlee loves to paint, and unpaint, and repaint her nails. Currently the color of the month is black (it goes along with the rocker thing) however, on occassion she will mix in a cute pink or blue just to throw us off. The color only lasts about a day though because it is removed for the next round.

The funniest phase, however, is the band aid phase. Now I am hoping that putting band aids in her Christmas stocking has not contributed to this behavior, but, Ashlee loves band aids. Should I be worried about this? Is she on the verge of bleeding to death?? No. These band aids are "for blisters". From her shoes, from flip flops, from dance. So then I have to ask myself, are her shoes too small, does she walk like a duck? How does one have so many blisters? Maybe she wants to work in the health care field. Seriously I don't know. All I do know is that it is funny........and that I wish she would throw the band aid wrappers in the trash after she has covered her feet in them.