We were cleaning fools this week. Josh and I cleaned every room floor to ceiling. Josh loves to help sweep the floors, dust the furniture, empty the dishwasher and help fold laundry. He is s big help! We have fun cleaning. We turn the radio on and sing and dance while we work. Even though I find it hard to dance to the Eency Weency Spider.
On wednesday, I finished painting all of the crown molding and window casings, which look amazing! I figured it was time to clean up and put everything away. As I was walking down the stairs into the family room, I tripped. A gallon of white paint splattered every where...carpet and walls!
I quickly wiped the walls down, because I wasn't about to repaint them. As for the carpet, I thought there wasn't any hope, but it still needed to be cleaned up. Using paper towels, I began to wipe up all of the excess paint. At the same time of spilling the paint, I also dropped all of my painting supplies.
Josh quickly picked up my paint brush. He thought we were painting the carpet, and like the big helper he is, he began to paint the carpet. Unfortunately, I had to put a stop to that before he moved onto the walls.
I needed to get the carpet as wet as possible, so I started to pour pitchers of water. Josh grabbed his little cup and poured his share. After dousing the carpet with gallons of water (approx. 30), I took an old towel and started to scrub out the paint. Again, my big helper was by my side, this time with my nice dishtowels. He too, was wiping up the mess.
As frustrating as this event was, Josh was so cute!!! I wish I could have taken a moment to take some pictures. He wanted to help in everything I did. He was even helping me steam clean the carpet. He held on and "vacuumed" for me.
Luckily, after steam cleaning a few times, the paint came out. I was very relieved! I kept telling Ryan that it was time we clean our carpets. Maybe this was fate's way of helping get it done!
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