You have to love your kids... that's the rule.

For special treat, I bought one of those holiday popcorn tins for a snack at the store. It was time for afternoon snack at the store and I decided to let the kids have fun and eat right out of the tin. I let them bring it into the playroom and watch a movie while snacking... now I know better.

Izak dumped the tin over, Charly proceeded to toss it in the air ('It was raining popcorn, mom.') and then stomp it into little tiny pieces. All while Desirea watched the movie, oblivious to what was going on around her.

These pictures are after about 20 minutes of picking up popcorn bits. To add to the drama, Izak happened to be wearing fleece pants. If you didn't know, crushed popcorn is a bit like tiny balls of styrofoam, clinging to everything. I got out the vaccuum, but everytime I got a small spot clean, Izak had to crawl through and leave a popcorn-bit trail. It was really a great time.

Even though we spent about 45 minutes cleaning the the playroom floor, I think we will be finding popcorn-bits for months to come.