From One Mess To Another

Many of you know that I love to scrapbook. My goal this last week was to get caught up with the kids' books (it's harder keeping up with two now- what will I do when we have more kids?!). After getting out all of the pictures, the paper, the paper cutter, the cricut (which my friend let me borrow - among many other things), the scissors, the stamps, the embellishments, the pens, etc. it turns into quite a mess. For this reason, I've decided to keep it all to my craft table that I set up in Vanna's room rather than spread throughout the house (and there I can also close the door and keep the kids out of it - or at least try).

I kept trying to sneak a few minutes on a page here and there between the kids' naps but occasionally I could even sneak some time in when the kids were playing well together or when they were pre-occupied with books/toys/snacks. The other day I started on a couple of Vanna's pages while the kids snacked on a handful of Cherrios I'd given them. After a short time I realized they must have finished the Cherrios and be doing something else by now but I didn't know what - so I went to investigate. This is what I found...

Yes, Cash is only in his "big boy" underwear - we're potty training!

We'll post about that later!

...and this is only part of it! Cash had decided the handful of Cherrios I'd given him and Vanna to share was simply not enough. So not only did he get into the rest of the Cherrios, he'd also gotten into...not one...not two....not even three...but FOUR more bags of cereal and dumped them all out on the carpet! The kids were happy and content as could be - chowwing down on a variety of cereal - no wonder things were so quiet. So Cash had the pleasure of helping his mom pick up and salvage all the cereal we could but WHAT A MESS! There are worse things, however, so I had to chuckle and snap some photos. It seems that this experience perfectly describes my life right now - I'm always going from one mess to another.

I am, however, proud to announce that I AM caught up on their books and can now rest from that fun/chore for a few months - I hope! The books are really turning out cute.

Although this is a daily occurence, you guessed right. These pictures were taken the same day as all the above. Ahh!

Oh yeah, and here's another example of my kids' perfect messes. Vanna has found the toilet paper role in their bathroom and, of couse, is in high heaven. What a cute little stink :)! Kids - you gotta' love 'em!