August 8, 2010

Any guesses on what's going on here?

I'll give you a clue... they aren't playing in the sink, they aren't cleaning up from being outside, and it all started with a bit of a panicked cry from Eli...

Here's another clue...

That's right! Our masterminds were at it again! I'm not sure who comes up with these bright ideas, or how they are communicated (since there was silence the entire time they were stomping through the wet paint pan) but I'll tell you something, four feet make an awful lot of footprints in a very short amount of time!

If it wasn't for Eli whimpering as he stepped out onto the carpet and started sticking I'm not sure we would have even discovered the mess as quickly as we did. I was nursing Garrett, Charlie was cleaning up paint brushes and the bathroom door was closed. Since it is a tile floor, brushes didn't work (as Owen found out) and neither did rags, so Charlie spent about 45 minutes scraping the paint out of the tiny cracks with his fingernails. We left one perfect footprint on the floor (for now) and learned to tell each other to keep an eye on something dangerous/messy/sticky/dirty if we're walking away from it for even a minute.

Looks guilty, doesn't he?