The culprit!

The Offender:




The Crimes:

Took all the Kleenex out of the box (it was a large box!) and dumped a bunch of rolls to roll coins.

Took a roll of toilet paper and shredded it outside. along with some toys, laundry soap, and a big yellow piece of paper. In her defense, I put the mop there.

Knocked over the vacuum cleaner, spilled a cup of fruit loops, brought some (clean) diapers into the living room, and a dog leash.

Dumped two boxes of soap over the patio and they landed here, by the water hose....and yes, they are still there this morning. ;)

I spent about 4 hours yesterday cleaning our whole house, finally got finished about 2 p.m. The little girl woke up from her nap and within an two hours had the place looking like this! When she was outside I thought she was playing since I heard her toy, had no idea she had toilet paper and soap out there. I was quietly reading a book in the living room.

The living room got destroyed when I was making dinner. Had no idea until I heard "CRASH" I went in there to find it like that and the vacuum fallen over. The Kleenex issue happened when I was checking my e-mail....I thought she was in her room playing..so much for thinking!

Mommy Lesson #1

This is what happens when your toddler gets quite for 5 minutes! I guess she thought the towels looked better on the floor. Perhaps this is why I feel like the house doesn't stay clean?







This is where the towels SHOULD be! Hmmm....

This is after mommy spent 10 minutes cleaning up her mess. This is what they looked like before her "5 minutes of quite time". Of course when I asked her what she was doing, she said"Ahh ker aii jkk gee errr" hands in motion and everything.

Lesson learned, if your toddler is quite, there is a GOOD reason! And probably means he/she is into something he/she shouldn't be. Annabelle is always trying to re-arrange things in our house to suite her needs. I don't think she likes the way I have it. Oh, the joys of having a daughter! I hear boys don't care how the towels are put away.