That plan got shot to hell when Nate got two splinters in his finger from a wooden dowel. The splinters were so big they went through the skin of his little finger and back out again. I have never seen this happen! In a panic, I ripped them out but it left little shards in there.
I spent 45 minutes wrestling and pleading with a screaming boy trying to get the splinters out. This is when Jon traveling sucks so bad. At one point I was so desperate I told the boys to stay put and I was going to go get a neighbor to help me. This made Nate scream even louder. I had to shut the doors and windows because I was convinced the neighbors were going to think I was beating them, that's how loud and intense the screaming was. (Alex was also doing some sympathy crying in there.)
I eventually got the splinters out and calmed the boys then book group people arrived and I had a big glass of wine.
I had to quickly shuffle the boys to bed and they asked if they could continue coloring in their room. We have a strict "crayons only in the family room where we can see Alex" rule due to previous violations I thought they had matured enough. After book group was over, I heard the boys still talking. I went in and for the first time ever I said, "Wait until your dad gets home!"
But don't feel bad for me. I then got to eat some Blue Cheese Crack with Heather while we watched the series finale of Nip/Tuck. If you're trying to figure out what to bring to an Easter celebration this weekend, bring this and everyone will be your best friend!
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Oh dear. Hey, today will be better! (Also, I must admit that modern washable crayons are way easier to clean up than the kind my sister had at her disposal 20 years ago.)
Hope Nate's feeling better w/that gigantic splinter gone.
Blue Cheese Crack will definitely be going on my list of things to make. Yum!!!
Dude- Mr. Clean magic eraser...takes crayon off anything! Allie used to use the house as her canvas...with sharpies. I have no idea where she was finding them, but she had a stash somewhere. Mr. Clean did not work on that. Have a great (crayon free) weekend!
OMG, why did I just click the link to that recipe? What part of "Blue Cheese Crack" lead me to believe that I should ever be allowed in contact with such a thing? I clicked away after reading that it contains bacon and cream cheese. It's important to know one's weaknesses.
As far as the 45 minute screaming splinter episode...I'm pretty sure that in addition to being pure hell, situations like that leave you so emotionally drained that it's impossible not to make less than ideal judgment calls like giving the boys crayons in their room. Thank goodness it wasn't markers.
Yes please tell us that magic eraser took that crayon right off? And more importantly I MUST KNOW what you thought of the series finale of Nip/Tuck?
Man that splinter episode gave me flashbacks to two episodes I had with Jake while Joe was gone. One involved a yucca tree splinter that was in his knee and the other was when I had to change the dressing on his nail-less thumb for a week. They are much bigger babies for mom and I secretly wished to myself that I didn't have to be the one to inflict the pain in order to make it better. That part of being a mom SUCKS! Glad you made it through and had the wine, crack and friends to relax to afterwards.
I feel for Nate's splinter trauma, but I feel for Mama too! I may have freaked out if I saw a through and through splinter - good job not totally freaking out.
mr. clean= no paint and a shabby sheek look.
Did I tell you about the antique gaming table that I got to have early from my parents? No, I scratched my name in it.
Splinters are the worst! We actually had to take Batman to the ER because he got his feet full of giant ones walking around on my IL's deck last summer.
Poor Nate! That had to be pretty painful.
I've been making the maturity assumption lately, with bad consequences. Just when you THINK they are mature enough.......
I so feel you on the splinter thing. Michael got one that barely broke the skin and you would have thought that he was seriously injured. And last night, he fell and scraped his knee outside. We were taking a walk and had to get back home. 10 minutes of non-stop screaming with lots of witnesses!
Blue Cheese Crack seems heavenly....will have to add that to my list of recipes. And I too am curious as to what you thought of the Nip/Tuck series finale?
we have a crayon bandit as well. although she makes it easy to know it's her handiwork by only scribbling in green. like some kind of eco-parroting zorro :)
Um.. .how many WW points do you think that is? I'd better not click the link!
So sorry for the rough night! Hope they get clean.
Please don't tell Alex, but lipstick works great on walls. It goes on so smoothly, no effort at all!
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