too quiet

every mother knows the feeling

the one you get when you suddenly realize that your children, 

who have been playing happily together, 

are now much too quiet and you know it is time to investigate-

I found them huddled together in the bathroom, bottles of nail polish strewn about; 

SHE proudly painting his fingernails and toenails, 

HE displaying them happily and then bounding down the hallway.

I helped them clean up, reiterated my nail polish rule: 

that it should only be utilized under my supervision 

and thought to myself-

"it's a good thing she's got a sister coming soon!"