This weekend we made some really good use of our time / our child, and did / had her do as much cleaning as we could fit in a day. Turns out the little mounldy patches that had kept us company for the largest part of the last weeks / months / year were a little bigger than we thought - sample of one corner on the side, but only one, and only a small pic because it really is too vile to be looked at in great detail; not to mention the fluffy fur layers on the cardboard boxes by the walls, or the complete coverage of the backward facing side of my very expensive leather coat, or the six loads of washing it took to restore half of my wardrobe to a wearable state. Of course, Tara darling didn't have to do any of that cleaning. Dr. Chemist Daddy undertook the pleasurable task of spreading a liter of bleach round the girl's bedroom. Mummy undertook the pleasurable task of overseeing Tara and the hoover, and of managing the aftermath of the superfluous moment in which Tara (of course) found all her (would have been had they not been found prematurely) Christmas presents in the mess, and the chocolate spread treats...
And when all was clean and smelling of lovely bleach, Ariel and other detergents (mold or all that - which is worse??), I sat down and created Tara's very first Adventskalender... and all the conflict that we'll have over it... "Mami, eMineMs? Übejaschung? ... jeden Tag ein Deschenk... MEHR eMineMs? Jetzt?"
Still, not the best weekend ever. The next one will hopefully make up for it, with treats for all... in Spain!
7 comments:
Sind das Schokis oder wirklich kleine Geschenke? Sieht toll aus!! Haetten wir auch gern....
Kommt ihr dann aus Spanien direkt nach Deutschland? Wann denn?
Yikes! Next time try vinegar. It works great on mold and not as nasty as bleach. Have fun in Spain while we're all freezing here...
I'm confused as where to start opening the advent calendar....if that is indeed what it is. Or is it a circle of LOVE-ly chocolates?! Pasted on the wall with Nutella? Hmmm, yummy! Although, maybe thats what made the walls moldy in the first place?
TAKE ADVENT CALENDAR DOWN ASAP! I'LL COME RIGHT OVER TO HELP EAT, I MEAN, CLEAN IT UP!
I can just see you hoovering them right off the wall, in non-sequential order. Chocolate & raisin & blu-tac OVERDOSE!
Vinegar? And noone told me before? Tsk. What do you reckon I do about today's disaster - I closed the heating in the self same room, and promplty the b**y heater leaked a liter of liquids onto the wall to wall carpet. It's not just me, is it. it IS the d***ed house!
Pack it up and move out madam, I think your house is possessed.
For the record: Tara only maintained her interest in the raisins for a week. Ever since, she digs out the chocolate and dumps the raisins.
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