OMGOOODNESS!!! I tell ya, when I take a moment to myself and entrust that little one to do something I know she can do, it always backfires.
Today, I was settling into my heating pad and bed for a day of do nothing. The kids…sorry…my teenagers, woke up about noon. Thing 2 went downstairs to fix herself some breakfast and I didn’t budge. Why? She knows how to fend for herself. She has done it hundreds of times. After a while, I get a text from the hubby advising me that Thing 2 spilled syrup allllllll…over…the floor! Syrup? For real? #SugarHoneyIceTea
I make my way downstairs slowly. At this point, I am not anxious to see what lies ahead. My child, the syrup delinquent, was sitting at the kitchen table GRUBBING! Like, she made the mess, but she will get to helping clean it up once her stomach has been fed. #HowDareShe #WhoseKidIsThis
Her daddy was wiping up the counters and cabinets. I start cleaning off the kitchen floor mats and then I bust out the mop. At some point, I realized I was the only one cleaning. Where did her daddy go? Wait, where did Thing 2 go? The child went upstairs to get some colored pencils (she had moved on since her belly was full). Her daddy had to fix his lunch so he could get back to work. #IGuessHeGetsAPass
Mopping felt like an eternity. Every time I would mop, Thing 1 would walk over it and say, “Nope, it’s still sticky!” #Really? After a change of the mop pad and Thing 2 pitching in to clean up her mess, the floor was finally clean…but then, I noticed more syrup was drizzled down the front of the cabinets. #SugarHoneyIceTea
I get a new towel and get to work wiping down the cabinets. I asked the syrup delinquent several times…HOWWWWWWW??? Did you drop the entire plate? She has amnesia…great! The OCD in me noticed the cabinets were dirty too…not just syrup, but all of the layers of home cooked meal splatters that came before today. #GREAT #OCD #TimeToDeepClean
I ended up cleaning my island cabinets and most of the lowers around syrup central. I had to take a break, but in the back of my OCD mind I knew I would be back to cleaning the remaining cabinets tomorrow. #SugarHoney…
Next time I will capture a picture…maybe! I really don’t know if I want to document the shenanigans that require manual labor!
One thing I know for sure, there will be a next time! Until then…
