Spring Cleaning and the Introduction of Buzz Lightyear

Do you ever look at something in your house and swear that tomorrow you will get it organized? Maybe it's your closet or your junk drawer or your desk? For the past month or so, I have been continuously saying that I am going to reorganize our kitchen cabinet that holds all of our rubbermaid storage containers and sports bottles and travel mugs and et cetera, et cetera. Well, kids have the darndest ability to boost your motivation. Tonight, Harper and Collier managed to put a sense of urgency on this goal - and I happened to get off easy since Matt agreed to clean up the mess.

For those of you with kids, you know that they are really good at a few things - making gigantic messes, changing your priorities in a flash, testing your patience, making gigantic messes, and taking ordinary items and having way more fun than the $50 toy that you bought them yesterday at Target - did I mention making gigantic messes??... You can either get really upset and give yourself a migraine or you can surrender and run get your camera and join in on the fun. Luckily, Matt and I agree on one thing - let's join in on the fun! As you can see from the pics from below, the kids managed to accomplish all of the things above.

In addition to the mess, Harper took the opportunity to display his esoteric imagination once again as the video so aptly shows. Who knew that a plastic pitcher could make a perfect space helmet and turn you from ordinary 2 1/2 year old boy to Buzz Lightyear in the middle of our kitchen floor. The one thing I worry about most is the level of fun Matt had throwing things at Harper's helmet on the other side of the camera - it was all in fun and I'm sure Matt was just trying to create a more accurate portrayal of outerspace by throwing flying asteroids and other "space" junk that only Buzz Lightyear would encounter. Either way, it was sure fun to watch.