Have You Ever?

Have you ever been so angry, you were calm? Yesterday that was me.

Emiko decided to paint her finger/toenails all by herself and dripped nail polish all over the carpet (if anyone knows how to get it out, let me know). But that's not that bad. What's bad is a 4 1/2 yr old thinking that playing in the 30-quart sugar bin is a mom-approved activity.

...easily about 5 lbs. worth of sugar scattered throughout my entire storage room...

And then she tried to wash off sugar off her face, hair, hands, feet in the bathroom. But really, it was a mediocre cleaning job at best & a sugary water mixture ended up being tracked over the entire house. I realize you're probably wondering why I didn't notice what was going on. Well that's b/c 4 1/2 yr olds know when they need to be quiet in order to avoid suspicion.

I was mad. I was so mad that I didn't need to act mad to let Emi know I was mad...and she cried. And then I taught her how to vacuum and mop the floors- which she thought was fun so maybe I'll let her do it on a weekly basis (b/c I'm cool like that).

And then Mina decided she was feeling left out...so she found my 30-quart flour bin.

And I stayed calm.