Fingerpainting with . . . . Dare I say it?

Last night I was taking a shower to keep mysle from itching the watery blisters I had discovered on my aching and recovering back (we took the kids to the water park last weekend -- their spray-on sunscreen worked wonders for them but did NOTHING for Dave and I's backs . . . and we've been recovering ever since).

Suddenly, the door opens and a very upset and frustrated David walks in.

David: Melinda . . . take him in there with you.
Me: (just noticing that a naked Isaac has brown all over his chest)  What happened?  What is that?
David: Well, Isaac decided to take off his diaper, which was filled with poop, and spread it all over.  And I mean ALL OVER.  It's all over him, all over the floor . . .
Me: Which floor?
David: In the kitchen.  And now I have to clean it up!

During this exchange, I'm trying really hard to not laugh at how PUT OUT he is by having to . . . dare I say it . . . clean up an unexpected toddler mess?  And I'm trying really hard to NOT ask him what HE was doing while all of this took place.  Cuz let's face it -- Daddy isn't the only one that has had unexpecteds happen right under his nose, mostly while he was dealing with OTHER unexpecteds! :-)

He puts Isaac in the shower with me and starts to drag Abby back out with him.  She starts to cry like she just got left at home while her family went out for ice cream.  So I tell him to bring her back and put her in with me as well.  For two reasons: I would NEVER leave a child home while we went out for ice cream!  And Dave was at the end of his rope and could NOT have handled Abby's "help" while he cleaned up the mess. 

So we played in the shower (and by played I mean that I tried really hard to get them to NOT freak out every time the water hit them and to start to think that maybe showers are okay things every once in a while).

I guess I need to make a more valiant effort at fingerpainting with my kids . . . if only to teach them that there are some things you just do NOT use to fingerpaint!

And I KNOW Dave is going to be really glad some day that I kept track of these little "memories" for him!  Hehehehehe! ;-D