Such a Precious Little Sweetheart, Aww!

Precious. . . Little Sweetheart. . . Really?

Fooled you, didn't she?

Lately we've been seeing a drastic increase in the of number of messes made. Her favorite things to make a total mess of are:

(1) Dry cereal

(2) Cups of water
(substitutions permitted for any liquid in a cup)

What's sad is that C. will spill something and then grab a broom (for cereal) or dish towel (for water). "Uh oh!" she'll say with a grin. Then, like its a game, like she's cute, like what she spilled wasn't just my favorite Quaker granola ever, she swishes the chosen cleaning instrument around and walks away all smiles!

When the boys were little we put up a DIY picket fence along the opening from the living room to the kitchen (after R. used Hershey's syrup as linoleum/body paint). Keeping those stinker buggies, a fond nickname for my children, out of the kitchen is easier said than done when it's totally open to the living room. I'm discovering that open floor plans work best for those without toddlers.

DIY-ing another picket fence would curb some messes. But if you thought her messes only happened in the kitchen, have I got news for you! Did you know that toilet paper can unroll into toilet water very quickly? And did you also know that wet toilet paper carried around the house by a toddler sends disgusted shivers down my spine? Hold the phone, cowboy. Since when is shutting bathroom doors so difficult, people?!?

Need more proof, in the form of a mess-making collage perhaps, that she's not simply a stinker buggie, but a total stinker buggie?

Told you so!