Saturday, November 22, 2008

Someday I'll Think This Is Funny...Right?

Before:
After:
This afternoon H and K decided they needed to play a game. No big deal right? I didn't think so either until I saw that they had spilled the contents of every single card game we own all over the floor. They then refused to help me pick them up. So I sent them to their rooms. At some point K snuck into H's room, but I really wasn't too concerned. I just wanted them to be out of the way so I could clean up all the cards. Then it got really quiet. Too quiet. I called for them to come out and they didn't come. After about 3 or 4 times asking them to come out they emerged covered in paint. I jumped up (no small feat for an 8.5-month pregnant woman) and went in H's room and saw her closet. I burst into tears and called my mom who promptly offered to come and help me clean it up. As you can see from the "after" shots it didn't really come too clean. What you don't see in the before pictures are the 12 bottles of acrylic paint spilled everywhere, a handful of paintbrushes all over, 3 Sunday dresses ruined by the paint, the clothes H and K were wearing that were ruined by the paint, K's brand new shoes (as in, just bought them this morning) ruined by the paint, and H and K painted from head to toe.

Someday I might find this amusing...Today is not someday.

4 comments:

  1. I want to cry for you! That's crazy... and someday it will be funny. Adam's shocked by the mess... but also impressed, because he thinks they painted a 'very nice pig.' I'm not seeing it, though. :)

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  2. I was going to mock you for posting the same pictures for your before and after...then I actually read it and looked again...SO SORRY!!! Well, maybe that whole painting the rooms thing and renting the carpet cleaner will move up on the priority list now...? Total about the clothes and especially the brand new shoes! - Maybe you could try taking them back and saying that they just weren't the right color anymore... :)

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  3. I am so sorry! What a not funny thing for you. One day you will laugh, but I can totally see why you started crying. I would have too. That's exactly the kind of cute little stunt my kids would have pulled.

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  4. I don't know if my child would still be breathing after something like that. No, but seriously... That totally sucks big time. I hope you figure out how to get it cleaned up. : (

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