on tuesday and thursday mornings brooke has preschool. getting her ready and out the door is not a hard thing but somedays are a little bit more chaotic than others. this morning brooke and i were working on finding a show and tell item and lily was following me around asking for a cookie. i, being the good mom that never let's her kids have sweets in the morning (excluding the marshmallows she had at 7:30 of course), told her no! then brooke and i ran upstairs really quick to grab something. on the way down the stairs i heard a little noise but it wasn't a loud crashing sound so i didn't think too much of it. then i heard lily start yelling "i'm in trouble mommy. i'm in trouble". so i picked up speed down the stairs rounded the corner to the kitchen and found this.
apparently lily decided to disregard my instruction and help herself to a cookie via the lazy susan knocking over the molasses and a few other items along the way. since glass and my tile floor are not very compatible the molasses jar broke and oozed into a nice little puddle. trying to remember to count my blessings i was instantly thankful the karo syrup was in a plastic bottle otherwise it would have been twice the mess to clean up. have you ever had to clean up molasses?? the stuff is like tar. it took countless napkins to get the majority of it up and then i scrubbed it several times with a mop, it looked clean, i let it dry, still looked clean, stepped on it and my foot stuck. so three additional moppings later, the floor is molasses free.on a side yet related note, last night i was talking with a friend about how hard it can be having four kids (she has four kiddos herself). and sometimes i'm not sure if it's hard because there are four, or because lily is such a handful. and she commented on how funny the lily stories are and who would of thought that she would be like that. yes.... who would have thought it?? but here i am today, with another lily story to share. i'm sure that her determination and independence will help her succeed in life. i truly believe that. in the meantime, i just have to love and snuggle her when she wants to be snuggled and try to direct her energy and imagination into positive directions that don't leave a trail of destruction behind her. and she needs to be watched every second of every day ;)
7 comments:
Oh. My. Gosh! That is classic. I've also had to clean up molasses. Not easy.
She is so funny..."I'm in trouble mommy!" I have a very assertive and independent two year old too. They are so cute and lovable, but such a pain sometimes.
Wow! She is so cute though! Maybe it is something about the name...my niece Lily is a busy one too.
That Lily definitely keeps you young! She will love reading all these funny things that she does when she is older.
That is so funny what she said. I laughed out loud at that. She does keep you on your toes. I am glad you seem like you can laugh about it so quickly after the incident!
that is hilarious....after the fact though, right! she is busy, busy, busy....perhaps those "primal" instincts ;)
It's a good thing Lily is the cutest thing I've ever seen. I haven't spent enough time with her to see her troublesome side. She just seems like an adorable angel to me! :)
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