Saturday, May 16, 2009

Don't try this at home ! ! !

I decided that I would give Dominique and Tyler the big box that my shipment came in. There were huge pieces of Styrofoam that the kids tore into microscopic pieces and made a "pool." They were playing in the playroom so I wasn't too worried about a mess. HAH! Maybe I should have taken the Styrofoam away, and just left them the box... you'll soon come to understand that this innocent play session, TURNED INTO A CLEANING FRENZY!

At this point there wasn't hardly a mess at all. I thought it was adorable that the little pieces of Styrofoam were sticking to the kids like glue.

You can see that the Styrofoam is still in big junks and that the kids are having a blast...

Well, they decided to make it a little more exciting, courtesy of Dominique.

Tyler stripped down to his briefs...well...because it was a pool?!

IT STUCK TO EVERYTHING!

AND IT WAS EVERYWHERE!!! Tyler and Dominique tracked it all through the house. . .

Down the hall...in the bedrooms...in the bathrooms... The cats even tracked it onto my bed. WOW!!!

No one escaped this madness...not even Hannah.


Leave it to my Mom to make my day. I was on the verge of feeling better and had been sick for two weeks. My Mom sent me a bouquet of flowers to perk me up and she could not have sent them at a better time!!! Right after I discovered this horrific mess...the door rang and I got flowers from my MOM! Thanks MOM! You sure know how to brighten a gals day!


My Mom also sent me this plant arrangement a while back because I was having withdrawals due to missing her. What a great MOM I have! You're the best. Thanks for everything!





Well, now you are informed! NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, let your children play with STYROFOAM; unless you feel like spending four hours cleaning it up...and having this stuff show-up for days...lol.

5 comments:

  1. PS IT'S BEEN ABOUT 4 DAYS AND I STILL FOUND SOME IN MY SHOWER AND THE BATHROOM SINK THIS MORNING. I MISSED IT BUT IT MUST HAVE BEEN A RAGIN PARTY.

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  2. It looks like snow in May at your house!! Secretly, I wish I would have been there, but the cleanup looks killer. :) It does look like a ragin' party!

    I hope you're feeling better Jen...TWO WEEKS of feeling crummy!! Your mom is so sweet, and the flowers are gorgeous! I hope you'll be feeling fantastic when you come to visit!

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  3. Tee hee!!! I can't believe that happened. Styrofoam is nasty stuff. The kids helped me redo some bean bag chairs once. That stuff acutally climbed up the walls - you could see it move all by itself; up their arms, into their mouths and hair. It was unbelievable. Take my word for it, you will be finding it for a couple more months at least!!

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  4. Holy Smokes. . . looks like the kids had a blast!!! I would HATE to clean all that up. . . hopefully you have a good vacuum! What a fun mom you are!

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  5. Wow, what a GREAT mother you are to let your children play in that pool! Definetly something my children will never expereince =) hehe!

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