Hurricane Dale?

When Brighton was a toddler we affectionately called him "Hurricane Brighton" because he left a path of destruction everywhere he went. Up until now we have called Dale the "relocator" because he has been notorious for getting into every drawer and moving things from one end of the house to the other. This morning, Brighton and Dale came bounding into our room at 6:45am. I AM NOT A MORNING PERSON, especially before 7am on WEEKENDS!!! I have told Brighton and Adaira both that they are never to come out of their rooms before 7am unless it's an emergency. In my groggy state I told Brighton that he shouldn't be in our room since it isn't 7am yet, and even more importantly he shouldn't have gotten Dale out of his crib at that early hour either. I informed him that it was his job to watch Dale now and to go take Dale and watch some cartoons for a little while (Dale will sit with him after school sometimes and watch cartoons, so this wasn't an insane assumption that they could watch cartoons together). Well, proof below shows you what can happen in less than 30 minutes when an almost 2 yr old has free reign of the house when babysat by a 7.5yr old watching cartoons. This is in addition to the typical mess making...
This would be Nestle Quick mix on the rug...
 This would be a big fat pile of Nestle Quick in the living room...
 No explanation needed...
 Baby tomato plant destroyed...
Needless to say Brighton was in big trouble and I told him he was to NEVER get Dale out of his crib again and that he needed to just come get me next time.

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Trent & Lindz said…
OH MY GOSH! That's all I have to say!
8/09/2011 01:51:00 PM
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