A Sparkly Mess

Today, as promised, the kids and I went to pick up some crafts for our pumpkin decorating party this weekend. We got yarn, pipe cleaners, beads, stickers, paints, and all sorts of fun stuff.

And sequins. Can't forget sequins.

I got home, opened up all the crafty things and, with Noah's help, sorted them into nice little buckets, bags and boxes for use at the party.

This afternoon, we went to pick up Travis from school. I got a message from the school just as I was getting ready to leave that Travis had been sent to the nurse because he was not feeling well and complained of a headache. I had planned on taking the kids to the library after school, but instead we just went straight home.

And good thing, because Travis threw up in the car on the way home. Tee-riffic.

So we get home, I give Travis a quick bath and give him some comfy clothes, then head out armed with spray cleaner and paper towels to clean up the car. Luckily the car seat took the brunt of the eruption, which means clean-up operation primarily consisted of removing the cover and putting it through the wash. So, after about 10 minutes of cleansing, I headed back in. I walked right by the toy room and made a beeline for the laundry room to dump in the car seat cover and Travis's clothes.

Travis, curled up on the floor in the toy room, says, "um, Mom? Sophie did something....."

Never quite knowing what to expect when I hear this, I ventured into the toy room.

Dear Sophie had emptied my box of sequins all over the floor.

Noah walks in, looks at my face, looks back at the floor, and says, "Oh my. That is a sparkly mess."

Exactly.

Noah was actually a huge help in cleaning up the sequins, while Sophie just wanted to pick them up and toss them around. And scream, repeatedly, her version of Noah's description: "Sparky muss! Sparky MUSS!"

At any rate, after some diligent effort, my sequins are now safely back in their box. And, save for some ancillary carpet lint, as good as new.