THIS is why there's no time to clean underneath couches...

Initially I was thinking that I'd be lazy today...you know...sit on the couch mindlessly watching Dora and Caillou for hours upon hours. Instead I:

~Ran to Rainbow for milk and eggs
~Did 6 loads of laundry
~Made 3 beds after cleaning the sheets/pillow cases
~Sat outside with the kids while they played in their pool
~Made lunch
~Cleaned Chris' bathroom from floor to ceiling (a month or so back we had our cat Sophie locked up in there while she was being retrained...so tons of cat litter, food, water, cat hair, etc were ALL over the bathroom)
~Cleaned the rugs
~Swept and mopped the kitchen
~Took out the garbage
~Cleaned the kitchen
~Picked up Ayris' room
~Helped Ayris pick up her toys in the living room
~Vacuumed the house
~Gave the kids a bath
~Cooked dinner (nothing spectacular, frozen pizza...but still!)

In the midst of all this, I had the kids working on an art project:


I cleaned up the mess...got most of the paint off the table...next time, I could probably just bypass using paper for Asher altogether...look how serious he is about his painting though...

After they had finished, the project needed to dry a bit before getting a second coat...so I mistakenly left all the supplies on the table...there was that small part of me that thought I should get it off the table but the lazy in me resisted that idea. This is the part where the kids got their bath...after getting all nice and clean, we headed downstairs so I could FINALLY sit down for the day...

I log onto the blog hoping to get my 4th of July photos up when Ayris tells me that Asher has made another mess...I flew off the couch knowing darn well he had somehow reached the paint on the table:
Then my angel child Ayris decides she's going to put her foot in the mess...hello!
As I'm going into the kitchen to get a washcloth to clean Asher up, he decides to walk into the dining room even though I specifically instructed him not to move...these are the little green footprints he left behind.
Here's a spot he just apparently decided to dump on the carpet before making a mess on the linoleum...
Even though the spots on the carpet weren't HUGE, they still required me to haul out the carpet shampooer and then proceed to spend the next 30 minutes trying to get Asher, the linoleum and the carpets cleaned. The footprints came out, the green spot did not.

Seriously though, I don't think this would have been as annoying to me had I not done all the aforementioned things today...but again, this is why things underneath the couch are unimportant...

OY! Just as I was about to post this, Asher brought me some clear gel like substance (he likes to bring me all the treasures he finds...) that he was rubbing in between his fingers...I soon realized it was the stuff that is on the INSIDE of diapers...apparently I hadn't changed him in a while and he decided to poke a hole in it:
The diaper remnants are all over the carpet now...I couldn't get a good picture of it since it's clear...but this is where they will be remaining for now...at least until tomorrow when I've decided enough time has lapsed in between vacuuming sessions. I'm over caring at this point...nothing is going to be a big deal for the remainder of the night...the kids could set fire to the house and I'll grab their tubs filled with their memories and walk straight out the door...I'm resigned at this point. And besides, when I have other moments like this:
It makes it all worth it...