A Messy Morning
We made a big mess today.
Typically, I spend the first part of the day cleaning up the kitchen and picking up clutter. Not today.
Why? Because I told you we would. And I'm big on keeping my promises.
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We mixed play-dough together. *shock* It made an interesting color wheel. Although black and blue was still black and black and red was still, {guess} BLACK.
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We made eight different colors of vanilla pudding. {could that be why my oldest is making very loud monkey sounds and leaping around the house?}
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He seemed to enjoy it. {you think?}
And then I let Ezra eat Peter's soggy cereal, while standing in a chair, without a bib. Because I was trying to help Peter to do the layering thing right. You know, so it wasn't a big brown mess?
Well. I had another big brown mess. Gotta love soggy cereal. Everywhere.
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Then I took my sugar-highed children outside to run it off and play with hula hoops. Great fun.
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I still haven't done anything to my hair. *gasp* One of those days...
I did manage to clean up the kitchen while Peter played with Lego. Look how BAD it was!!! You can see evidence of pizza dough from last night's meal and *shudder* food-coloring-filled dishes from yesterday's science experiment. Ya, I went to be early last night.
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We sure don't do this every day, but today it was fun. I think. I'm in a recovery program. It looks something like this:
Typically, I spend the first part of the day cleaning up the kitchen and picking up clutter. Not today.
Why? Because I told you we would. And I'm big on keeping my promises.
We mixed play-dough together. *shock* It made an interesting color wheel. Although black and blue was still black and black and red was still, {guess} BLACK.
We made eight different colors of vanilla pudding. {could that be why my oldest is making very loud monkey sounds and leaping around the house?}
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSukiMxA-4dtynLIH9lg3XjkC3HruBNP2whyXMd_kqZ_Zg2AR4kEqIopMKXhYsDAEXKAtNtBULFcBh5CQ2pn5C4wPtclNTPtHmnM2B6Zsuqy9eESUkjkErwXBj1JKX8seza_XZT7kxtvIw/s1600/rainbow.jpg)
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He seemed to enjoy it. {you think?}
And then I let Ezra eat Peter's soggy cereal, while standing in a chair, without a bib. Because I was trying to help Peter to do the layering thing right. You know, so it wasn't a big brown mess?
Well. I had another big brown mess. Gotta love soggy cereal. Everywhere.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOd18KMBGHy3dfWDPScQPswotr_J4fbdl0tPurRGsVEfpuowoWfkaEKYSnGrrSne2Ebq5SPHeX5QrTF2DDaPL8qM-TTUplM2pTOr9gZ7CiHSguxzXvrXbeTy4ZYToMZzhv557WLlDzjjj/s1600/mess.jpg)
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Then I took my sugar-highed children outside to run it off and play with hula hoops. Great fun.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoRAiK1tS8nAVo8GOaRHC9q7hvwei6yltcTATE641M-CTbaEQj82gTK9lZFJangsN_C7OltJRNFsaoH9cDG9PzGeq1f7NtsbvCCOzGQPVqlUIvPvcfqLZ6rnsr_mCMdnvwmdgz3XCUDFt8/s1600/hula.jpg)
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I still haven't done anything to my hair. *gasp* One of those days...
I did manage to clean up the kitchen while Peter played with Lego. Look how BAD it was!!! You can see evidence of pizza dough from last night's meal and *shudder* food-coloring-filled dishes from yesterday's science experiment. Ya, I went to be early last night.
We sure don't do this every day, but today it was fun. I think. I'm in a recovery program. It looks something like this:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2fj7N6v2nI6pthJUFUMaslPl25CZJPdZfg71InAIY-g6hIQCMbH0jvWUiWq4vNXVlMYIpKyexMPNQgjboUSfqKhMjlPXMtPUC6T7aJAbDOE3je_gaWCD3jWkF1jKzYLA8twn-m4u5no8/s1600/recovery.jpg)