the night when snow came down

one evening, i came home late from work, feeling extremely tired. done with shower, prayer and dinner at around 10.30pm, my eyes started to feel heavy. mr. hubby (who was on night shift) had already left for work. both kiddos, who woke up from their evening nap at 8-ish pm, were wide awake and kicking!

couldnt stand the sleepiness, i decided to hit the bed, and with both kiddos in the room - mr. son was playing games on PS, and ms. daughter was engrossed in her colouring book. so, i said to myself, "i'll just close my eyes for a bit. the kids aren't going anywhere."

when i opened my eyes, the clock on the wall showed 5 mins to midnite. a 'nice' smell hit my nostrils. still blurrrr from the 'deep sleep nap' that i had, i saw some whitish bits of 'objects' floating around the room.. "wow, are those snowflakes? am i dreaming this..?"

i've always been fascinated with snowflakes

lying on the bed, i saw my kiddos' heads (they were sitting on the floor), and heard them giggling. that 'nice' smell suddenly became too familiar.. so, i woke up, opened my eyes, and saw the big bottle of Johnson's baby powder, with most of its content on the floor! arrrggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! mr. son and ms. daughter were playing with powder, and turning the parquet floor into a-nice-white-marble-floor!

imagine that, and multiply that image with 10,000

immediately after i saw like 70% of the whole floor was covered with white, the sense to turn myself into a mommy-hulk was very strong!!! when i asked them, who started the whole thing, both of them pointed to each other, trying to get away with it. and of coz, they did wat the do best - showing the 'we are not guilty' and 'we promise not to do it again' faces.

my anger melted away (partially). wat to do?? the damage is done. still feeling groggy, i decided to 'deal' with it the next day. so, i switched off the light, and get them to bed. wat happened the next day? few extensive hours of sweeping, vacuuming and mopping (dont care with the fact that it's not advisable to mop the parquet floor).

moral of the story: DO NOT ever doze off when your children are still wide awake. they can cause serious 'harm' to your room or any things that they come in contact with, especially when they have a partner in crime! ha ha.. tips: put matches to keep your eyelids open (refer to Mr. Bean's way of staying awake).