You Knew This Would Happen

Other titles I considered for this entry were:

Tobias Funke Would Be Proud
or
How Did I Not See This Coming?

This morning Alana stayed home from school sick so I got her all settled on the couch with Cuddles and PBS. Pretty soon there was squawking because Peter kept jumping on her. He likes to jump on her and he always has. She doesn't really care for it. So Peter went outside with Cuddles to run and frolic and play. I commenced vacuuming the house, doing laundry, dishes, etc. It was a very nice peaceful morning. Alana only vomited once and cleanly into her barf bucket, thank you very much. And I was getting a lot done. I decided to go to the store to grab a few things so I went outside to get Peter and bring him with me when what to my wondering eyes should appear but a blue painted boy and a tiny blue dog.

Words cannot express.

He had managed to open the paint can that I had hammered shut and had about 1/2 inch of paint left in the bottom of it. He had painted himself, the porch, the dog, and her water bowl (in his defense, I'm pretty sure he was trying to clean himself off with her water). I am grateful that he kept his little blue paws off the house itself and the affected area was fairly confined. However, that isn't what crossed my mind in those first few moments of discovery. The grocery store plan was delayed while I scrubbed the porch. I thought briefly of taking a picture of it but paint dries people and time was of the essence. So I scrubbed and ordered Peter to stay on the grass and not touch anything. The cheeky little bugger kept asking me to wash his hands. After I got the porch sort of cleaned off, it looks terrible by the way. I washed the little blue devil. He didn't appreciate it as much as he should have. Next I tackled Cuddles, she was in worse shape than Pete and I had to chop off some of her hair on her ears and I'm pretty sure the hair on the back of her neck has been dyed blue, oh well.

The whole thing is, of course, my fault. I should have known it was too quiet around here. When will I ever learn?