Comments on: Problem solved

By: sumijoti

sumijoti — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:02:59 +0000

The floor was REALLY clean afterwards. The room is fairly empty – wetting the center of the room for a short while didn’t damage anything.

I did live to regret it however. I had painted my bathroom floor recently and disliked the color, so I didn’t give it a finishing coat. The moisture on the bathroom floor (they slid out from the bathroom into the tv room) made the paint come loose – which I am OK with because it needs changing. I even encouraged the boys to scrape the paint off.

BUT…bits of flaked off wet paint quickly dries and sticks to whichever surface it is left on. The boys got bits of paint on the bathroom walls and in the bathtub itself – I had to scrub it down afterwards.

By: Sarah Skees

Sarah Skees — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:04:58 +0000

How fun! What a wonderful idea. Did it clean up well? I’m sure that the boys will never forget the experience and that it was worth every bit of the mess. You are such a fun mom to let boys go a little crazy when they need to!

By: celticmuse

celticmuse — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:31:45 +0000

how very cool!!! Reminds me of when the kids would slide on my very slippery wood floors in my old house.

By: rachael

rachael — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:25:41 +0000

You are, like, the coolest mom, EVAH! )

Seriously, sounds like an WONDERFUL time! )

By: Elaine

Elaine — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:29:58 +0000

I do not think that you are mean at all. You were providing them with an outlet for the boredom. If it had been me I probably would have yelled over the loss of all that soap. You would definitely get the Mom of the Year award and the Coolest Mom award as well.

By: seeker86

seeker86 — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:27:01 +0000

That’s one way to get the floor clean:)
You are so fun. I bet your boys will talk about that for years to come.
Happy New Year!!

By: Cynthia Y.

Cynthia Y. — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:53:21 +0000

WOW! That sounds like fun and so not something I would do! They will never forget the fun they’ve had today!

I tried something fun like that once and only once….my son was around 2 and he loves water. So I let him dump some water on the kitchen floor and play in it. He proceeded to undress and try swimming in it. Of course open air, water and a 2 year old produce, well, he ended up using the bathroom everywhere! I cleaned up very quickly and said I would never do something like that again! HA! He never noticed! He was just having a blast!

Cynthia Y.

By: rrmama

rrmama — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:36:04 +0000

Sounds like they had a great time. When we had the carpet ripped up from damage because of Hurricane Ike I let the boys ride their scooters in the house. I figured no carpet just cement slab why not. It was great to watch their faces light up.

By: jan margrave

jan margrave — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:35:49 +0000

awesome! awesome! reminds me of a friend who taught her boys how to “gutter float” during a gentle rainstorm. she did it with them! i thought you were going to say you “leapt” into the tub with them. a homemade skating rink in the living room is even better!

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:57:29 +0000

WHOAAAA! Now, that’s what i call a FUN (and fabulous) MOM! Hope you took pictures!