"Don't jump on the lounge!"
"Be careful! Someone's going to get hurt!"
"I've told you before - no playing with the ball inside the house!"
"Stop throwing that ball around!"
"You're going to break something!"
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As Sam and I sat in the back room finishing our breakfast, and the boys chased each other around the house whilst flinging a huge bouncy ball around, we heard an almighty crash followed by a moment's silence...and then the scared voices of the guilty trying to blame others.
My first words to Sam were, "Don't scream" - because I knew they would already be feeling the weight of what they had done.
Before we even got to the scene, we could hear a chorus of "It wasn't me", "It was an accident" and worst of all, "It was Samuel". Poor Samuel. He too had been running around being silly but I knew it wasn't him who had kicked or thrown the ball.
And then I reached the crime scene. A silver, decorative vase had been knocked over but was intact. Our beautiful Willow Tree ornament however, given to us by friends when we moved into the house, was lying in pieces...
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| Decapitated and shattered :( |
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| So beautiful... |
I really, really love this piece and Sam must have sensed this because he promptly returned from the shops with superglue to piece it back together. He's yet to attempt the reconstruction, but if he can't do it, I will go and buy another one.
The perils of boys...they just do not sit still!*
What have your children
accidentally broken?
* For some reason, incidents like this always remind me of The Brady Bunch episode where the kids break the lamp/vase and try to piece it back together #showingmyage
I was thinking the same thing about the Brady Bunch! Your poor willow statue, hopefully she can be fixed
ReplyDeleteHehe funny how some Brady Bunch episodes just stick in your head :)
DeleteI love the Brady Bunch but yes lifes lessons are played out on that show
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AW!! She's so so pretty!! Those dang (yet still ridiculously darling) boys!!
ReplyDeleteAnd I SO know just how you feel I scream - er, SAY - those very same things to my Queens of Destruction. :P
hehe but your Queens of Destruction are soooo adorable!
DeleteOh no! I love Willow Tree ornaments! The "crash, followed by a moment's silence" bit is so true! Found you via Lisa, and enjoying your ponderings. xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Wendy, always nice when new people discover my blog :)
DeleteIt is devastating when it happens isn't it but really in perspective it is only a small thing. Thanks for visiting my blog today. x
ReplyDeleteYes, must keep it all in perspective :)
DeleteOh, no!
ReplyDeleteBoys are so physical, and they can't help but kick and throw balls and rugby tackle each other. You should have seen my three at the shops this morning...HORRIFYING. And they'd just spent two hours running around an indoor playcentre, for goodness sake!
I can't think of anything in particular, but Youngest Son is a real monkey, and he's broken up his brother's carefully built Lego (on purpose!) and has managed to bugger up a number of things around the house. Whenever we question them about who left the couch cushions on the floor, or who left the lid of the texta pen, etc they ALL deny, deny, deny.
Little buggers. But loveable though too.
PS - thanks for stopping by my blog! xox
There is always denial! And don't you love when they annoy each other on purpose?!
DeleteOh dear *sob* - I had my Willow figurine broken by an unknown child too. WE glued ours but she keeps breaking ...it is the one where mum is lifting the little boy in the air.
ReplyDelete:( It seems that Willow pieces and boys don't mix!
DeleteCan so relate to this post, Cathy! Yesterday we had one of our baby twin Willow Figures break after an anonymous child threw the dogs pillow at the coffee table. This was followed by the kids mumbling between themselves that it didn't matter because a) Poppy can fix it and b) Mum's got stacks of them anyway!!
ReplyDeleteMine are great at justifying things like this as well!
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