Day 1

Summer vacation for the boys officially began yesterday. In the late morning to early afternoon things went pretty smoohly, as we ran some errands and took care of some of those dreaded (for the boys) need to do things. After we got home, Pete hit the craft bucket that I set out for summer things to do. He decided to paint (washable, water based) and he was good about protecting the floor and the table. I thought I was on top of things, when he was done, I had him dump his brush water right away. Told him to get the paint put away and throw out those paper plates he was using as his artist's palate. OK, living room looks good, don't see anything to cause an unfortuanate accident. Day 1 of vacation is a success. Almost. Add to that an overgrown Saint-Newfie puppy who likes to dig in the trash, and what do you get? Yellow paint footprints all over the kitchen lineoleum (sp?) and then in through the hardwood to the area rug.....until Mike tackled her and we could decide how to handle this mess. Pete picked up the trash spread all over the floor and got out the mop to clean the kitchen floor. Steve got out a bucket for warm water and gated off the second walkway to the kitchen. (they thought it was funny that when I saw the amount of paint on the floor, I just used the kitchen sink sprayer to get water on the floor to mop). We cleaned up the kitchen then Steve drug Sadie into the kitchen for her clean up. She was not sure why we were washing her paws with all that warm water and wiping up the floor more as we went. She was then shut into the kitchen until she dried - we could not get all the yellow paint out of her fur. Then to the tan area rug in the living room - spot stain cleaner, paper towel, the home steam cleaner, more water.......repeat, repeat, repeat. I'm so glad it was the yellow she seemed to like instead of the blue or green - the yellow was bad enough to get out of the carpet. This morning our clean up area appears to have been a success. That paint may have to go......