BLEACH, or the story of a child's disaster

But, first, the pictures you all come to my blog to see. :-)

Ruth's first view of the Christmas Tree.

I love this age.....the wonder in her eyes at everything new.
Decking the tree.
The pregnant ballerina????? Don't ask....Heee!! Heee!!!
Leaning how to make snow flakes.


Make your own grape juice.....oh, the joys of home schooling!!




Ruth says......"LOOK!!! I can take off my own diaper!!! Mommy doesn't even have to help me!!!I am so pleased w/ myself!!!"
By the way, these are the censored photos! :)


And, finally, sunset, out our bedroom window yesterday.

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So, Ruth is snuggled in for the night…..


Ana’s brushed her teeth & gotten ready for bed.


Dave? Working furiously on his class.


Me? Cleaning up from supper, pondering what still needs to be done before my head hits the pillow. Realizing that there are still groceries that need putting away, I ask Ana to start on this project.


She, being the thoughtful daughter she is, trying to save me time…..decides the best method for getting bleach down the stairs is THROWING THE CONTAINER!!!!


I hear:


THUNK, THUNK, THUNK!


I think:


“I wonder what she just threw down the stairs?”


I see:


a slinking child coming back up the stairs.


I then hear,


“Well, I’m sure not trying that again!!!”


I start to think,


“Was it the Downey? There goes the $4.95 we spent on it!!!”



But, as I reach the top of the stairs…..the smell consumes my nostrils & I KNOW!!!

…..it’s WAY WORSE than Downey!!!

It was the GALLON of bleach. ALL over the laundry room, fortunately, missed all the CLEAN clothes….but sadly did not miss some of Ruth’s cute, DIRTY clothes on the floor.

As I sit here in my clean-smelling house (don’t let the scent fool you, BTW), I am so thankful that the Lord reminded me (BEFORE I LOST IT), “These are just things. Ana is your precious child.”


We spent the last ½ hour (all 3 of us still awake), removing the old (thankfully) throw rug, taking it outside to spray down, rinsing what we could from towels, & wiping up the floor as best we could.


Now, it’s back to what I started….the kitchen…..w/ bed in mind after that.



P.S. There’s nothing like discovering your hot water heater is leaking……which also happened to us today…








But, in all seriousness.....it's good to be reminded that our stuff is just that.....STUFF....don't you think? God sure did that for me today.


Oh, & P.S.S......I have now linked my previous post about the babies birth mother on my sidebar......if you haven't read it yet.....