"Oh No, Oh No"

Well let's start with the title of this one. I tried to decide what to title this one. I had many cute ones like, "No need crying over spilt milk" and many others. But let me tell you why I chose this one. It was all I could say as the event unfolded. Not to mention if you don't find yourself saying the same as you read this, I will be surprised.

So I got the little girl off the bus, we played for a few moments, checked out the cool spider webs that are so wonderfully made in the corners of our climbers, then began to round the kids up to head in for lunch. Right on target, I think. Then we realize someone's shoe has found a cat's messy present in the yard which has now smeared to the child's leg. No big deal we can wash that. So we come in and bath in the bathroom sink. Task completed.

The girls begin to play babies as I prepare lunch. My little helper in tow, I head to the kitchen and try to make up for lost time. Moments later Kamden reaches for a sealed can of Diet Pepsi that is nicely sitting on the top of the box. You can hear yourself saying it can't you? He begins to walk it over to me, standing by the table. I reach out to grab it saying...you guessed it, "Oh, no". Startled to hear one of his not-so-favorite words, he lets it go. You guessed it. It hit the leg of the table then the floor and burst open. All the while I am saying, "Oh no, oh no." The can hisses and whizzes itself around under the table, spraying everything in it's path and then some. Kamden is crying and reaching for comfort as this can chases him under the table. The whole time I am just standing there in the shower of Diet Pepsi repeating those 2 words.

As the can finally comes to a stop and the girls come running out of the room, I just stand there not knowing where to start. Do you start with the puddle on the floor, the stream down the nicely cleaned windows (from yesterday) or the walls? I started with the camera...A smile on my face, I grabbed the camera off the counter behind me and took some shots of the floor then the baby sitting in the high chair holding his head crying, "I'm hungry, what's the hold up on lunch?"

Needless to say, all is cleaned and so far I have not heard the sticky soda floor sound yet. I just laughed and said, "someday you're gonna miss this." I do have to say it was quite a funny sight. I do believe, to the flies on the walls, it was both funny and inviting. I think the hardest part of the entire feascle was trying to find someone to share my story with and laugh with me at that moment.