One in a billion

Remember how I said the last six months involved about a billion things that mainly involved two little mischievous girls? Well, this would be one of those things...

I was downstairs cleaning up after lunch and the girls had gone upstairs to play before their naps. They were playing very well together so I (of course) took advantage and decided to take the time to get some other things done downstairs while they occupied themselves. About 15 minutes had gone by when my mom instincts kicked in and said "Hey dummy....it's too quiet up there. You should check it out."

So I sneak upstairs only to overhear in the playroom Sydney say, "Give one to mommy." Then I hear P say "No, Sydney. Don't give one to mommy. She will be angry." I immediately reveal myself to them, curious to know what exactly it was that I would be angry about. I look in the room and my eye instantly goes to their "craft" table on which I find this





That's right. Thirteen unwrapped and already licked lollipops neatly lined up in a row (courtesy of P, no doubt). It appears they had found my "secret" hiding place for their bucket o'lollipops and were deciding which color they liked the best. P had 2 in each hand, also unwrapped and already licked, and Sydney had one in each hand...one of which she was so kindly going to give to me so I could join in on their little slice of heaven.

Surprisingly enough, their only punishment was to help clean up the wrappers strewn about the floor and bid farewell to their lollipops in the trashcan. And yes, the bucket o'lollipops is now hidden once again, this time way up high where they won't be able to reach them for a long time. Or so I think...