This week has been...educational

This week has been by far one of the most educational and eye-opening for all persons in the McCready family.  We'll start with the smallest of the us and work up from there.

Ava discovered that if she shoves a glow stick far enough up her nose, yes, yes indeed, it will bleed. A lot.  The science experiment was then continued by examining what would happen upon breaking said glowstick.  It was noted that when the glowstick broke and then eyes were rubbed, her mother was able to string a significant amount of "traffic words" together very quickly and rush her to the bathroom.  Ava then learned that her mother does in fact reach her breaking point when she adds to the cocktail of chaos by squirting an entire tube of toothpaste all over the bathroom and pooping on the floor.  These findings, I'm sure have been recorded in the journal of scientific fact.

This week, Riley decided to experiment with playing hide and seek in a suitcase.  It's all fun and games until someone gets claustraphobic.  Ignoring repeated warnings from her mother, Riley stuffed herself into a suitcase and allowed Ava to zip her in it.  All was well until it was realized that Ava was not strong enough to wheel her through the house, but merely strong enough to dump the suitcase over and sit on it.  These findings, I'm sure, have been recorded in the Tinkerbell diary.

My eyes were opened on Saturday to the depth of what being a "cookie mom" for Girls Scouts actually entails.  Work.  A lot of work.  I will post a picture for reference.  Sadly, over half those cookies had to stay at my house because they're Riley's.
Finally, my dear Chad learned that if you grumble enough that something is broken and can't be fixed, your wife will prove you wrong.  1) You're welcome Chad.  I was happy to fix your PS3. 2) Thank you Yahoo answers for making me appear smarter than I am.  He also learned that his two FEMALE children have a wide range of emotions.  I received a call while running away/grocery shopping alone today informing me that I needed to get home because the children were having "too many emotions."  Translation:  The kids won't quit whining and I'm out of cookies to bribe them to knock it off.

All in all, it was an eventful week here on the homefront.  I'm ready for this one to be done and another to begin. :)