Shafer Household Weekly Damage Report
(July 24th - July 31st)
1. Sharpie Marker on new kitchen table. (Wyatt)
2. Rubbing alcohol removed part of finish on kitchen table in effort to remove sharpie from the table. (Katie)
3. 20+ holes in the leather ottoman by way of a pointy object. (Wyatt)
4. Sunscreen sprayed on the side of the car only to come out after a trip to the car wash and a good wax down. (Wyatt) (Note to Mom: Don't put a child in timeout in the garage when the other time out spot is occupied. In the future I would recommend the bathtub without water.)
5. Scratch to the front of the new desk. (Nobody)
6. Broken support on the bottom of the bench. (Calvin)
7. Game stuck in the Wii Console thereby rendering the Wii temporarily unplayable. (Calvin)
8. Original artwork piece executed on the hallway wall. Medium is colored pencil. (Cyrus)
9. Chocolate ice cream stains on kitchen chairs. (Wyatt)
10. So far nothing else, but there are still 5.5 hours left in the week.
My Mom says to look at these acts of destruction by my children with fondness because when they are grown up, they will remind me of when my kids were small. And because they will be all grown-up, the memories will be all I have.
I am still waiting for the fondness to come and make me feel better.
3 comments:
Your mom is right -- but even if you feel no fondness, it will still be really funny and embarrassing to tell to future girlfriends/wives of these three little sweeties!
Lily and Cyrus should get together. Her favorite is crayon on walls (or the dishwasher).
Also, I love the idea of using the empty bathtub as timeout. Good idea!
You're awesome.
aye carumba. If I had a penny for every time Conan says "this is why we can't have nice things, because we don't take care of them"...then I'd have enough money to just buy another nice thing when my other nice things are destroyed. which is daily.
Destruction is okay, I say. It's the crusty boogers that kinda bug.
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