Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Just a little chaos
This evening, while I was doing laundry, my daughters were taking their baths. We pretty much have this down to a science. Amanda will get in first with Trin and then when Amanda is through, Emilee gets in. Triniti loves the bath so she will stay in there for two hours if you let her. When Triniti was finished, I got her dried off and then let her sit down to watch tv sans diaper (that whole potty training thing). I took some clothes outside, put them in the washer, folded the clothes in the dryer, smoked a cigarette and finished wiping down the windows inside my car (I finally got the whole car cleaned out this afternoon - two gold stars thankyouveryfuckingmuch). When I came back in, Triniti ran up to me with her towel.... which was dripping wet. I thought she wanted me to wrap her up in it, so I went to get another. One step into the hallway and I was in standing water. Standing water that was five feet from the bathroom. Oh fuck.
As it turns out, Triniti went back into the bathroom and turned the water to the tub back on. She wasn't wet, so she never got back in the bath. Just started the water and then wandered off to watch the damn Doodlebops. The entire bathroom floor had more than an inch of water on it, the hallway was the same and water had started going into my room and the living room which are closest to the bathroom. Apparently my house is slanty because water ran down the hallway, but not up it...
It was one of those moments where you want to scream. Partly at your child for doing something like that, but mostly at yourself for not paying close enough attention. I of course was griping at Trin as I started to mop up the gallons of water on the floor. She smiled at me and went and got on the potty. She said "look Mommy - peepee in the potty". Little fucker, I so had to tell her "yay!" She's good.
Major points to my girls. All three of them were on the floor scooping water into a bucket and then sopping it up with towels and ringing it out into the tub. I didn't even have to ask, they all did it on their own, said something about it being fun. Even Trin, with her washrag, soaked up the water and squeezed it into the bucket.
Some days being a Mom fucking kicks so much ass. LOL
so eloquently put by katehopeeden at 11:27 PM
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