The Crazy Life

I thought it might be appropriate to start with something that describes how our blog got it's name. You'll soon understand that there are moments in life that either you cry or laugh because there is nothing you can do - as we do...

My husband Mark was with the kids last night and had a interesting time. It all started with driving me to work and dropping me off. He returned home and thought he would try and get some work done in his office in the basement before supper. The kids were playing happily upstairs and he worked for about 20 minutes until he heard some water running. Mark went upstairs to discover our two children playing in the bathroom. This alone was just icing.

The sink was turned on and both the sink and toilet had purple toothpaste in them. Mark's deodorant had gone missing (minus the lid) and there was water all over the floor. Mark looked over our children. Micah was standing in the room with his shirt off. Aslynn had both her pants and diaper removed. Aslynn was holding the toothpaste container in her hands and it was all over her face. Micah was standing in a pool of toiletpaper and water, assuming it would soak up the mess. He asked for an explanation, but there was none to be found.

Mark did a quick clean of Aslynn's face and took both the children into Micah's bedroom only to find the teddybear net (Which hangs from the celing) completly emptied out and the teddy's all over the room. Micah had scaled his dresser to access it. But of course, when asked who had done it, "Maybe Aslynn did it?" Micah was placed on his bed and given a talking to, as he knew not to do this, and Mark grabbed Aslynn and took her into her room to give her a diaper.

Aslynn's room played out like a bad scene from CSI. Inside Aslynn's room Mark found her dresser completly emptied out, the clothes all over the floor, and the change table emptied off. The little monkeys had climbed up on the change table and also emptied off the shelves above it. At this point both children were placed in their beds and my wonderful husband spent the next 40 minutes cleaning up the mess. Micah helped with the teddy bears and later explained to Mark that Jaxson had done it before - so it must be alright because he didn't get in trouble from us.

The departed deodorant was discovered beneath the pile of clothing that rested at the base of Aslynn's dresser. Apparently Micah had removed his shirt (see above) to apply it to his armpits. Of course, after setting the two culprits free, other items were discovered as either missing or misplaced - such as the bathtub crayons located behind and beneath Micah's bed because, "I don't like them anymore."

Such is the crazy life.

-Faith

(On top of it all, there was a meeting following all of this that involved a pair of wet pants and a dramatic exit of Micah running and yelling "Wait for me, Daddy! Wait for me!" as I considered leaving him there. - Mark)