There is a time and a place for failure, I think. For instance, when I've been holding a fussy baby for an hour and The Eldest continues to bug me to assemble a craft that she's decided on her own to do, I can fail to meet my usual craft standards by substituting straws and duct tape for glue and a craft stick.
She was still pleased with the result.
On the other hand, this was a failure I was less pleased with, though I ended up with a very clean floor afterward. Note to self: Miss Bubbly is NOT allowed to touch a shampoo bottle again until she is 35, whether I am nursing at the time or not.
You can tell they know they're in trouble, which they were. But they cleaned up without complaint.
I was first alerted to the trouble when I heard The Eldest screeching, "It's not working! They're getting higher. Turn it off. TURN IT OFF!" Apparently they thought putting more water in the tub would make the bubbles disappear.Not so, my friends, not so.
Failure=lessons learned.In that way, I suppose it was a success.
The only failure here is my inability to operate a camera using only my left hand.
This is what Miss Bubbly wants her Halloween costume to look like.
It's the child dressed as a peacock from Eric Carle's Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
This is what Miss Bubbly wants her Halloween costume to look like.
It's the child dressed as a peacock from Eric Carle's Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
With the judicious use of felt, heavy-gauge wire, and perhaps some paint, it should be a success.We can hope, anyway.
5 comments:
It's good to see kid messes on someone else's blog...
I bet they had a ton of fun before they got in trouble! That is so funny (although I'm sure it wasn't that funny at the time to you).
Heeheehee! It's good you found a positive in the bath mess.
And that is an awesome costume idea. Good thing she gave you more than half a year's notice.
A). Yes, you can fail to meet your standards. That's okay. My rule of quilting: if it holds together, it worked.
B) You haven't failed if you have the presence of mind and the sense of self-humor to run for the camera in the face of warped hard wood floors. How could they possibly keep a straight face when their mother was actually taking a picture of the mess?
C) It's very enlightening and stretching to take on the construction of a garment for which you have NO PATTERN. Creative, engineerish, wonderful. Go K!!
Seriously, the bath is making me sad. Too close to home!
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