I have aquired much wisdom this morning. Before 9:20 am, even.
Here is what I have learned (and re-learned):
That no matter how much you want to think the best of your children, no matter how much you want to believe that they are finally playing peacefully with each other and behaving themselves, no matter how much you want to believe that the 2 yr old is not picking on the 11 month old and is just playing nicely.....
No matter how much you want to believe these things....
they are simply not true.
This morning I desperately needed a shower. Both boys got up earlier than I anticipated and thus before i had a chance to bathe. Since we are going to be around other people tonight, a shower was a MUST.
So, i confined the boys to the little hallway and their room. For like 10 min. I jumped in the shower and almost immediately heard channing cry out in pain. This is normal, poor kid. At least I knew (basically) that they were both alive.
About 3/4 into my shower, I realize its quiet. Wanting to think the best of my kids, I think: hey! Wow! They're finally playing nicely together! yay! what wonderful and completely stellar children I have raised. I must be a GREAT mom! My children are perfect!
4 minutes later...
I step out of the shower, wrap my towel around me, and go to peek in on my perfect angels.
........
I was partially right- they were playing nicely and quietly together....
but with THIS:
Yes. That is a giant, costco sized tub of cocoa powder COMPLETELY emptied on the floor. Please note the chocolate foot prints going in and out of the mess.
After I took this photo, Christian announced: "Oh, that's so cuuuute!"
No son, that adorable smile, the ridiculous way you have no idea you're in trouble, the chocolate covered lips... It is not. cute. 
After my attempt to scrape it all up. (I managed to get almost 4/5ths of the powder back into the container. So next time you eat something chocolatey made by me: ask me no questions and Ill tell you no lies...(hey! that stuffs expensive!)
The vacuum. Wow.
Please remember I am still just in my towel. So. I strip christian down, shoo everyone out, shut the door, and call it a morning.
Wouldn't you?
EDIT: At least it smells really good. and cocoa has lots of antioxidants. So my kids will be extra healthy for the next...35384 days it takes to get all of the cocoa cleaned up. What perks!
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
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11 comments:
yuck. That actually looks worse than I pictured it. Isn't mom-life fun?!
Oh wow. One perk of girls, they don't get into everything. That's probably why Heavenly Father sent me a girl first. He knows my patient side is lacking. I need to go easier on Mal. I get mad when she's just pulled all her toys out! I think she knows I'd go ballistic if she ever did something like this. Her little clean freak mommy.
He does look super cute in these pics though. You have wonderful scrapbooking memories now. :) Did it come out of the carpet ok?
Oh my goodness. I gasped when I saw the picture. Once Addison did that with a huge bucketful of moist dirt. I think I cried. Bless your soul.
okay- it really wasn't that bad. Its just a part of my life. :) Though I do wonder- will I ever actually be productive? Or just spend my life doing damage control....? :P
And no. It hasn't come out of the carpet okay. Lovely. :)
really.. it was/is mildly amusing. In a sick sort of way.
Holy cow! What a mess! Quiet is always a bad sign.
Oh. My. Gosh. Your boys would TOTALLY fit in at my house. This totally makes me crack up--because it is EXACTLY something my kids would do. . . minus the "that's so cuuute" comment. I absolutely love that. Totally makes me laugh. I would burst out into that insane laughter that comes when you don't know what else to do. I bet your house smells GOOD. . . but remind me not to eat anything chocolate next time I visit. . .Carpet fiber brownies. . . YUM!
Think I got enough "totally's" in that last comment?
Blah. .
hehehe. My nephews are often seen creating similar adventures for their mom. Grated cheese, cinnamon, you name it. Oh, the joys of motherhood eh?
No joke, I laughed so hard while reading this!!! How fun to be a mommy, eh? ;) Your family is going to love telling these stories in a few years!
Ok - so are you the cutest mom ever? I am so laughing right now! I think that you have to just document the crazies and blackmail them later in life - visit them with a tub of chocolate powder one day when they have children and watch their response! Just love em and love em and love em - because then- they grow up to become Mandy Hillary Merrimans.... (and you'll still love them!) Let me know if I can help while the boy is a Korean ok? You are not alone!! (:
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