There are times in a young child's life when they mess up so bad, or make a mess so bad, that they can't possibly fix it themselves, and there's just no way to punish them sufficiently, at least not without major damage. So, the only option is to pass out some token discipline, and then just help them clean up their mess. There's something profound in that isn't there?
Behold, Connor's mess earlier tonight. He took over 20 buckets of Perler beads, and dumped every singe one all over the floor. We picked up thousands and thousands of beads, and we didn't even bother sorting them. Sue, remember the big gallon-size ziploc bag of miscellaneous beads I gave to you because I was tired of sorting beads? Oh, well, so much for that theory. It will take weeks to sort these out.
Yeah, you're in trouble. It's not all roses and sunshine, kid.
Somehow, this just doesn't show the true horror of the whole mess.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Little Monkeybug!!!!!!!!!!!
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Just shaking my head, over and over again. I'd be so pissed!
I imagine the Perler tub is going to be moved to a VERY HIGH shelf. Don't bother sorting. If those kids want peach, dad-gumit they can dig through the pile and find it themselves!
up until the point where he was caught I'm sure he was having so much fun and up to nothing but trouble. Look at how many containers he had to open. Just imagine him opening up each and every one and dumping out all of those beads. You probably wanted to cry too!
Dani and I can't help it. We're so anal, ummm... picky, we started sorting beads last night. Probably be done in a week or so. Yeah, we're nuts. And Connor survived his trauma so well, that it was a struggle to keep him from re-dumping beads on the floor as we attempted sorting.
P.S. I didn't really beat Connor, but the thought crossed my mind. He got a pretty good chewing out, though. That's why he's crying in the picture. He was so excited to show Mommy his creation, which Mommy did not find amusing at all.
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