Blue

Okay, so I realize I've been slacking on updating all y'all on my life, but like I say, not much happens. Well, actually, a lot happens, just not much I think all y'all would find interesting. LittleK has learned to open doors. yay! oh, wait, now I can't sleep later, pooh! oh, look! door handle covers! yay! The balance has been restored.

Oh, In case you're wondering, both my boys' names start with K. Since I don't like the thought of their names floating around in cyberspace, I call them BigK (cuz he's the oldest) and LittleK (the younger). k? k.

And I have to tell the BLUE story. Yes, my friends, something exciting actually happened with the kiddos last Monday. wait, no, it was 2 mondays ago. Yes. Allow me to set the scene:
I sleep late. It's just something I do. The kids are awake, and I half-asleep listen for things falling, crying, or bleeding. Okay, I'm not that bad, but I just don't understand how a night owl like me ended up with 2 early risers. Maybe their father (military man) explains it. LOL Anyway, I was half-asleep. I heard the kids come into my room, and then bigK turn on the water. I asked what he was doing.
"Washing my hands, mom."
"Why? Did you go poop?"
"No. I'm washing the paint off."
I sit up, but can't see anything because A)I don't wear my glasses while I sleep, and B)it's still dark in my room because the sun doesn't hit that side of the house until about noon. "What??!!"
"I'm washing the paint off."
We don't have any paint. "Where did you get the paint?"
"I didn't, LittleK did."
"Okay, where did he get the paint?" LittleK hasn't said anything to me, but I can hear him 'talking' to BigK and puttering around in my bathroom, probably playing with my toothpaste.
"It was in his room."
So NOW I jump out of bed and get my glasses on.








My boys are COVERED, head to toe, in blue. I just stare are them for a few seconds, then realize BigK is still washing his hands, and say, "Well, this isn't going to come off in the sink, so let's go take a bath." We walk out of my bathroom, into the bedroom, and that's when I notice the footprints. There are 2 sets of blue footprints leading into the bedroom. We follow them (backwards) from my room, through the dining room, the living room, the hallway, and into the room.










I stare are the mess, then push the boys along to the full bathroom, and start the bath. I strip both of them (not much work there, more on that in a bit) and place them right in there while the water's running. I realize the water is a deep blue, and for some reason I'm worried that the blue water will stain them. Yeah, I know. They're already covered in it, but I wasn't completely rational. So I announce that they would shower instead. They both like the shower, so this was greeted with whoops of joy. After the shower, in which a majority of the Blue Stuff (I still didn't know what it was) was washed away, I started running the bath again, so they could splash while I figured out what the heck it was. BigK had mentioned, while walking into the bathroom, that it was starting to sting, so I wanted to know NOW. I woke Lisa up to watch them while I investigated. And just in case you forgot, look at the pic again. LOL

Now, I don't want to step in the Blue Stuff, but I can't really avoid it, so I take off my socks and find a few old washcloths that I wouldn't cry if they got stained (I threw them away afterwards anyway). I just started wiping it up, then rinsing out the rag, and on and on. I finally found what it was! Have you ever decided to save money with the amount of printing you do from your computer, and buy one of those refill kits? We did, about 3 years ago, and used it lots of times before we discovered 123inkjets.com (yeah, free plug for them). Anyway, I never threw away the ink bottles, but after moving the computer desk (and trading up) a few times, I lost track of them. The boys had discovered and uncapped an almost-full Cyan blue bottle....This is what I figure happened: BigK discovered it, but has to climb down, so hands it to LittleK because he has to climb down, and so LittleK uncaps it and dumps it down himself. BigK has splatter marks on his legs, while LittleK has "tide" marks all down his legs, like the stuff ran down his legs. And then, of course, the floor is covered with Blue Stuff, so they splash around with their feet and hands, why not? I know I would have. LOL And then BigK remembers himself, neat-freak that he is, and decides to wash his hands.

I was able to get most of it off, but was too pleased with my "after" that I didn't look closely, so there are patches of blue in the um...whaddaycallit, not the grout...I have tile floor, but it's linoleum tile or something, so no grout. Anyway, some tiles are outlined in blue, as are some scuff marks that come with tile aging. ROFL

We'll also have to paint the door, doorframe, and the walls to either side of the door, but that's it. I'm glad that BigK's dresser has a decent finish, cuz the ink just wiped right off. *whew!* Here's a picture of before I cleaned up behind the door.

When I told my mom the story, she asked, "Have they put the new carpet in?!!" Because there was a rumor that us people in the "ghetto" base housing would get carpet. But they decided to dash our dreams of actual decent living conditions. AND BOY AM I GLAD!!! ROFLMBO Can you imagine?? The only room that would have had carpet, that wasn't touched by the ink, was Lisa's room. Ks' room, the hallway, the living room, the dining room, and my bedroom would have all been ruined! Thank you, God, for small blessings. LOL A few other things: my couch has a white slipcover. I didn't choose this couch, it was given to us by our very nice neighbor who noticed that we only had a loveseat. It's long enough for P-chan (my hubby) to sleep on, though he never has. LOL Anyway, the base is a blue plaid that I rather like, but have been informed by my two, "trendier" friends that it's not cool, so I keep the slipcover on (by the way, it's not really white anymore, it's more of a light grey with ink and food blots, but I'm rambling on...). But I had taken it off, the night before, to wash. It never made it to the wash, I was probably at a scrapbooking chat, LOL, but it wasn't on while the boys traipsed the whole house. So the blue plaid that I like, now has a BLUE area on the one arm, probably from the boys dragging their hands on it while they walked past. And the final thing: clothes. Blue ink does not come out. But again, we were saved. BigK does not wear clothes in the house. I say this as a general rule. He does not like clothes. He strips as soon as he walks in the door. And so he was naked (except for his diaper), so no clothes got ruined. LittleK was wearing a onesie, but it was one of those camoflage-designs. And oh yeah, it was blue camo. So the ink doesn't even really show up. The only clothes that were ruined, were my socks. I didn't even wash 'em, I just tossed 'em. They were from my old stash anyway. LOL Anyway, that's it for this story. I'll update soon. ^.^