Yesterday the kids had

Yesterday the kids had some friends over after our first weekly all school skate. They disappeared quietly upstairs for an entire hour. Now i know, as most mothers do, that when all is quiet something b-a-d is happening. Now, i'm all about quiet time, leave me alone time, but i also know that when the young guns are quiet for too long either they are sneak watching tv or they are making an incredible mess.

The mystery revealed itself to be a mess of the face painting variety. All of them marched downstairs to show off their 'work'. Eliza had a half spiderman, half hulk face, Tristan was something very scary with lots of black, red and blue that would prove impossible to was off (this also means she went to school this morning looking like she went ten rounds yesterday) and Parker came down with red dots all over his face. Toby being my little sensory guy had nothing.

Before bed i managed to wash off as much as possible.

In the middle of the night Parker was being extra-fussy. He was tossing and turning and whining the whine that sends a mother over the edge. I turned on the bathroom light so that i could get a look at him without completely waking him up. Spots! My precious, annoying, baby had spots all over him! In a panic i woke up Shane and, of course, Parker at which point i realized those spots were not the pox of death, but face paint.

As we were all awake we laughed and laughed and then i cried a little and painted black spots on my husband when he began snoring 10 seconds later.