Ever have one of these mornings??

[dawn]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

I think my little ones are trying to make mommy go nutso! lol I had let the dog out early, and decided to snooze on the recliner downstairs until the kiddos and hubby got up.

Well........little miss Catherine (aka Caitie) who is 3 years old had decided to find an old baby powder and THOROUGHLY dust her room with it. I didn't notice her powder streaked hair (still groggy, I guess) as she came downstairs and went past me to the play room. I had put on some coffee when I heard Tom yell from upstairs. IT WAS EVERYWHERE AND ON EVERYTHING!!!!!! We had to strip her room down and vacuum and dust from the ceiling down. Even clothes and shoes in her closet, her books on her bookshelf, one of her drawers was slightly opened. Oh my goodness!!!

So after two hours of cleaning and then giving her a shower....I kid you not!.....having sent the kids down to the playroom to play while we cleaned......we finally go downstairs for breakfast (at now almost 10 AM). After breakfast, Ben decides to bring a broken game console out of the playroom (a Leapster one that hooks into the tv). He and Caitie had broken the nubs off of the part that plugs in. WHAT?? So as Tom attempts to sodder (sp?) and repair the wires, I check out the playroom.....while making breakfast (or perhaps while we were cleaning upstairs, not sure), Caitie had SHREDDED one of Sarah's American Girl catalogs (something like what you would think a puppy would do). Ay yai yai!

I love my kids, I love my kids....they are a blessing....they are a blessing....

*deep breath* If it weren't still today, I'd probably be looking back at all of this and laughing....maybe!

[Kayt]

At least it'll be a funny story to tease her with when she's older. My mom still teases me about the silly (and sometimes destructive) things I did when I was a kid...Usually while my DH is around so he usually teases me about it too.

[katsmom]

sorry,but LOL! Yes! I've had many like this! Only, mine opted to take advantage of a loose thread in a down comforter and make it snow by tossing feathers by the handfuls from the top bunk at the ceiling fan down onto his brother whom had 5 million legos scattered across the floor below. That was a fun cleanup! It had to have been 2 years ago and I still occasionally run into a stayfeather in their bedroom... then there's the tiny leprechaun footprints down the carpeted basement stairs in latex paint from when someone volunted to help renovate the kitchen. another contribution to the renovation was someone's beautiful abstract painting on my newly tiled floor... in nail polish!
granted, its funny in hindsight! but when it's happening... just keep repeating that phrase to yourself.... they're a blessing... they'rea blessing... lol

[dawn]

lol katsmom, I could envision each incident in your post. lol

They certainly can keep us on our toes! :-)

[LauraBeth]

Remember the movie "Groundhog's Day?"

Just be glad that all this only happened ONCE, and not over and over and over (and over and over)!!!

[raven]

Sounds like a normal day in our house lol