Fun with Paint

I had a baby shower to go to last night and Spense had said that he would watch Johanna's kids while she went too. He also ended up with Ryan from next door so he had 6 kids ages 6 1/2, 6, 4, 3, 18 months, and 11 months. When I finally got home after having to set up Primary chairs at church and going to the store I asked Spense how the night had gone. He just looked at me and said that he had to show me something. As I walked into the kitchen I saw that there were still a lot of things to do in there. I figured that it must have been a tough night since Spense always tries hard to have everything looking perfect when I come home. This is especially true since Thomas told me that whenever dad watches them he just turns on sports and then only starts to do things when he knows I am coming home. I love it when they get older!

Spense pulled out the camera and showed me the following pictures. I just gasped!



He told me how Zach and Sadie had got into the paints. They had been left out from earlier and Spense thought that they would never be able to unscrew the lids. Thomas had gone upstairs and said that Zach and Sadie were painting the floor and each other! The sad thing is is that they usually don't get along all that well and when they finally were they were in trouble! He threw them in the bath, got clothes in the washing machine, and had our neighbor Kim watch them all while he ran down to the Home Depot to rent a carpet cleaner and all of this happened because he was downstairs making cookies for the older kids at the time! When I asked why he didn't call I remembered that I had left my cell phone in the car. He had also tried Johanna and another friend who was out with us, but no one answered. I felt so bad. The moral of the story is always carry and answer your cell phone and don't assume that kids aren't able to do things!
(There are still a few spots on the carpet, but nothing that a rug won't cover I guess!)