…that it takes 3 queen size bed sheets and 2 beach towels to sop up 2 quarts of lemonade?
…that lemonade is very, very sticky and when you think you have used more than enough steamy, soapy water to get all the sticky up, trust me, it wasn’t enough? But you will not know this until you have cleaned everything up and the entire area dries. It is then, and only then, when you walk back into the kitchen for something that your shoe gets stuck to the floor! (This also happened in the laundry room…don’t ask me why!)
…that 21 month old boys think jumping up and down in a puddle of lemonade is the most fantastic fun they can have in the house?
…that 21 month old boys, when they are strapped in a high chair in an effort to keep them away from the puddle of lemonade during the clean up, will scream at the top of their lungs, “NOOOO! DOOOOOWWWWN! MAAMAA! NOOOOO!”?
…that 4 year old little girls will stand over your shoulder the entire time you are on your hands and knees, critiquing everything you are doing with reminders of the house rules you yourself have instilled in them? (“Mama, you are NOT supposed to clean up messes with those sheets! We used paper towels for that!”, and as I’m tossing empty sippy cups and lemonade containers into the sink from across the room, “Mama! We NEVER throw things in the house!!!”)
…that when you tell the childs father what happened, looking for a little sympathy for all that you put up with that day, his main concern will be the hardwood flooring?
…that when an event like this happens on Friday morning and you do everything you can to prevent it from happening again on Monday morning after making a 2nd batch of lemonade, just moving the pitcher to the very back of the refrigerator and putting all other containers in front of it is not enough to deter a 21 month old who LOVES his lemonade!!!
Yes, that’s right, it’s happened twice in 3 days! I am now off on a search to find out if they make something that can “toddler proof” my fridge!!! As for the boy? Well, he’s lucky he’s so darn lovable, or he’d be in trouble for sure!
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I’m so sorry, but you made me laugh! There’s nothing worse than a big sticky spill–it always seems to happen right after I’ve mopped! Your kitchen–what I can see of it–looks beautiful, if that’s any consolation!
You know I had to laugh when I read this because I can sooo relate and let me be the first to tell you that they do indeed
make child proof locks for fridges…oh yes I had to get one myself. I have a 16 mth old who also loves getting into the fridge!
Good luck!
Laura
Oh my! That is too funny only because it’s happened to me so many times. I love the commentary by your 4 yr. old!
I love your blog! It’s so amazing how many great blogs I discover due to MPM!
As far as the detox diet, I usually go on a raw food diet for a few days (longer if I can stand it) but I just ordered a book and I’ll can’t recall the name but it will arrive tomorrow. Actually, I got it off a blog so I’ll email you the link so you can read it yourself. I’m just so sick of feeling blah, especially after spring break. I’ve been eating too much sugar and fat. Blah is the only way to describe how I feel. I’m babbling, aren’t I?
My solution…buy Capri Sun boxes of lemonade!
If it is any consolation . . . Noah and Colby were outside playing this week and decided to stick the water hose up the dryer vent (with the water on, of course). My laundry room floor was covered in water. Fortunately, my dryer somehow survived. This was also the day that they “washed” my car (with that same water hose) while it was parked in the garage! Gotta love boys!!!
I was at my parents’ house last weekend and wanted to read your “talk to the bottom” post to them. We started reading this one, and we were dying laughing. So cute! And I know they are just waiting for my little one to get into this kind of mischief!