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Why You Should Never Trust Two Quiet Kids
April 26, 2010
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| The destruction of a 4 year old and 3 year old |
I was having one of those days – the everything-is-getting-on-my-nerves-and-want-to-go-back-to-bed days. I hadn’t gotten a lot of sleep the night before because Baby E has decided to push her bedtime back to a crazy insane hour and that never puts me in a good mood.
We have a play room in the basement for the kids – a section that is just for them to run and play and watch a movie. We don’t like the kids running in the house except for the basement and on days where we just can’t get outside – it is a lifesaver room. … Sometimes.
Back to my everything-is-getting-on-my-nerves-and-want-to-go-back-to-bed day. Life with 3 kids can be hectic at times and at this particular time I was busy nursing Baby E to sleep and Big P and Princess R were just going crazy – like fighting and playing and singing – they were loud. I needed Babe E to sleep so when Big P and Princess R went down to the basement I didn’t fight it. If they were in a different room Baby E would sleep and I would have some silence.
What I didn’t know was that a BIG bag of awesome craft supplies I got from my mom was down there in their room. I had forgotten that I had just placed it there a few days earlier with intentions to put it away. I had no idea what was in that bag but was about to find out.
I was up in the living room with sleeping Baby E in my arms and it was quiet. I could hear the kids playing downstairs but they were quiet – a very rare thing around here so I just let Baby E sleep. That might have been a mistake.
When Baby E woke up I went downstairs to see what my relatively quiet kids were doing and I was met with a disaster. Apparently there was a big jar of gold glitter in the awesome bag of craft supplies and my kids got creative pretending it was snow.
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| Gold glitter was all over the room and the kids |
I should have known – this is not the first time their silence has met me with a giant mess. Glitter is like near-impossible to get out and you will always find bits of it everywhere. I was thankful that Baby E got to take her much needed nap – but my poor husband had to spend his Sunday morning cleaning it up (with Big P’s help) and it took near 2 hours.
Have your kids surprised you with a massive mess when you think they are being good and playing quietly?
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That's awesome in a not-so-awesome way. And I NEVER EVER allowed glitter in my classroom for the reasons you just mentioned. NEVER! I was that teacher who made the kids go in the common area on tile and use glitter. I hope the quiet was worth it…I know it would have been for me.
Oh and I love the new look.
Oh my. That has SO happened to me when I'm trying to get the baby to bed. The older two (6 and 4 1/2) get super-loud and I'm always thrilled when they're quiet – until I come downstairs, to find they've drawn all over each other with Sharpie, or they've made "boats" and are floating them in the bathroom sink full of bubbles, which have overflowed all over the floor. Oh! And we don't have a basement, so our "play room" is the main room in the house (open floor plan in a tiny house) and it looks A LOT like your playroom! ACK! Glad I found you thru SITS..I'm a new follower!
LCW: Yeah glitter is pretty evil! I can understand why it's never allowed in classrooms! LOL – awesome in a not-so-awesome way is the perfect description.
Cheryl: thanks for dropping in! it is nice 2 know i am not the only one who falls under this trap every time!
Oh my Devan, that is quite a mess!! I guess whenever things are too quiet from now on, you will know! I hear you though, when you have had a day, I might just let it happen for a few moments of quiet!! Ummm…if I dare ask, have you started to clean up yet
Good Luck, that glitter looks not soo much fun!
Cindy – i KNOW – sadly it wasnt the first time they destroyed a room – next time i will know!
We were able to get the room clean. Waited for the weekend (it happened last monday) and it took my husband nearly 2 hours to clean. It was harmless and they had fun and gave me some quiet but they werent quiet long enough to make that mess 'worth it'
Nothing, I repeat NOTHING, good can possibly be happening when it is all quiet in the house. They are clearly either up to no good, or dead. Though I am constantly lulled into a mislead sense of security and think everything is ok. Last time, my 4 year old had covered each one of his toenails, his stomach, his easel, the couch and the carpet with nail polish. Damn middle child!!! Glad I found your site!
Alex aka Ma What's For Dinner?
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Hahahhaha… oh my goodness.
This is a great lesson. Quiet kids = trouble.
OMG I would cry! My kids trash their play room all the time….and my husband yells at me for picking it up {since they will only destroy it 5 mins later}…but glitter!!! UGH!
LOL! been there, done that! Quiet kids are a recipe for disaster!
You're right. A quiet house is not always a good thing.
Thanks for stopping by on my special SITS day.
OH NO! x.x See, this is why teachers hate glitter, myself included. The only teachers I know who don't hate glitter are either new to teaching, or have never taught anyone under 7. And yes, quiet children (or in my case, missing children) always causes a panic attack. Sometimes, I don't even want to know what they were doing or thinking. It'll only drive me to drink.
I also know this from experience, but the other way around. I remember the things my older brother and i got into playing 'quietly'. >.> Oh, the stories I could tell…