You know those moments as a parent that will be funny someday, but right now, you are just not quite ready to laugh? Well...here is a picture of my most recent moment where this occurred.
Thursday night, Claire and her DI team came to our house to finalize their project. Drew had a friend Aidan at our house to play with him. (really to keep Drew occupied so the girls could work). Drew, Aidan, and Braden played upstairs. I frequently (obviously, not frequently enough) checked on them, and they appeared to be playing nicely and to be having a great time.
At one point, I heard a lot of laughing upstairs, so I decided to go "check it out." I opened the door to Drew's room (in what now seems to have been slow motion), the picture above is what I saw...a sea of tiny, Styrofoam pieces strewn everywhere. Drew ripped open a HUGE stuffed animal and shook the contents all over the floor. He then proceeded to drive tractors through the Styrofoam mess leaving trails. He was having a wonderful time. At the moment I opened the door, I could only begin to laugh. Now, those of you that know me, are aware of the fact that I often laugh at inopportune times, i.e. saying my wedding vows, when people are telling very serious things, etc. Honestly, I think it is an immune response or something. I have never been good at seriousness. Anyway, I now know that the laughter as I opened the door wasn't humor, it was merely disbelief, or some kind of maternal protective mechanism preventing me from harming Drew.
The laughter really started to fade as we began cleaning the mess. The Styrofoam had a lot of static electricity so it was very difficult to clean. Our vacuum cleaner and broom could only do so much, and we are still finding Styrofoam all over the house. (and probably will for months to come, ugh!!!)
Leave it to Drew Henry. Honestly, there is never a dull moment with this kid. I am sure I will look back and laugh at this, but I am not quite ready to laugh now.
P.S. A huge shout-out to Justin for having the patience to clean up the mess. I started the process and became quite frustrated. He stepped in and finished the job. Thanks again!!
1 comment:
That is so funny you mention laughing at just the wrong moment....I have the same problem! It is so embarrasing...someone will be telling me something just tragic and I will start cracking up....well on the inside anyway and usually making awful noises with my mouth trying to cover it up!
Good luck with the house building...that kind of stuff scares me :)
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