Now I am no detective,
but after waking up this morning
to a kitchen filled with clues,
I am going to presume that my teen son
had Nutella and Banana Pancakes
for breakfast.
Allow me to present the evidence…
EXHIBIT 1 – banana peel
(stuck to the counter top)
EXHIBIT 2 – Nutella
(cast aside and empty)
EXHIBIT 3 – dirty dishes
(at least he put them in the sink
but there is batter all over that nasty rag)
EXHIBIT 4 – the stove
(whoops, a little trouble flipping in onto the pan?)
The kitchen was clean last night
when I went to bed.
(by me of course)
! Have a Fabulous Day ! – Jenny at Dapperhouse
Alaina Bullock
Super sleuth! I would have to agree with you about what breakfast was made this morning! Don’t you love it when they leave it for you to clean?! Thanks for the grin!
Malia
Lol…love it! You are quite the detective!
Bobbie//Rebelle
Oh joy, this is what I have to look forward to? Rofl, this was a super cute post! Thanks for sharing and now I don’t feel so bad when my teens leave me messes!
Jo
And they totally think you are psychic when you ask them how they liked their banana Nutella pancakes!
My son’s 20 and he is still in awe of my psychic power.
Angel
LOL!!!!!! Sherlock Mom! Did he get any of the batter on the pan?
donnasquaw
I’m sorry, I had to laugh when I saw the mess! Brings back memories when my two sons were young.
What I remember one of the biggest mess the kids left was they went downstairs looking for a toy. They had toys thrown everywhere, you couldn’t walk on the floor. I had it all straighten up because we were having open house. Well, it didn’t get all picked up by the time the realtor lady showed up. I think I grounded them until they turned 18 lol.
donna harris
Isn't This Wild?!
3 children – 3 distinct messes
oldest: entire contents of fridge on a tragic shag carpet
youngest: broke open glow sticks and then tried to say “Nooo mommy i didn’t break them open – my grandma did it” (he had an imaginary grandma — an evil one at that)
middle child: I walked into the living room to find a hurricane of glitter, paper scraps, glue, paint and her sitting studiously in the midst of the mayhem. I caught my breath long enough to shriek in disbelief and ask, “What are you doing???” … She, looking at me blandly like i clearly must not be too bright and simply stated: “I’m using my ‘magination.”
Becky
Haha mine are too young for this. We’re still in the crayon on the couches stage. Oy.
Ronalee
When my daughter was a teenager I would always find the soda cans in her room. They had been there so long that the syrup had gotten thick. On more than one occasion I would find a can tipped over and the dried soda all over the end table.
Heather!
I’m sure this isn’t actually the biggest, but the most recent mess I found was a coffee cup in my stepson’s bedroom. It must have been there for a couple of weeks, half full of coffee which had turned into a half-cup of moldy, liquidy mess! I nearly threw the cup out. Blech!!
Jennifer Hiles
I’d have to say the biggest mess I’ve had to clean up from my daughter (she is only 17 months old) is when she emptied an entire box of cereal onto the carpet. I’m sure there will be more to come!
Hannah Butler
Poop. Bath tub. Enough said.