my fault... oops

I am really enjoying this book I'm reading, "The Help". (thanks for the recommendation Rachael) So, I decided to come up with a "good" (meaning mommy doesn't need to be totally focused on children) activity for the girls this afternoon, so I could read a little. I had a bunch of foam Halloween stickers and some fall paper and I figured I just let them stick away. I showed them how to peel off the paper on the back  and stick them to the colored paper. (not onto the couch, walls, floor, television, dog, or random body parts)

I sat down - right next to them mind you - and began to read.

(but first, I snapped these nice pictures showing what a clever idea this was and how nicely the girls were playing)



Bean learning how to peel off the paper.




Bell - sticking on stickers




Bell and Bean thoroughly engaged in this fantastic activity

I'm thinking, "perfect" as I take this.



I sit down to read



And then at some point, I'm sure it was only minutes later, I look up from my book....

now i'm thinking - "oh crap"

 

Because of my intense love for reading and tendencies toward completely loosing myself in a good book, no one really knows how long it took for this to happen. I suppose it could have been more than a few minutes. However, if it kept them busy, it was worth the clean-up.

My fault...Oops.