ODE TO MOTHERHOOD !!

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SHARE THIS PARTICULAR LITTLE EVENT WITH ALL YOU MOMS OUT THERE WHO I AM SURE WILL APPRECIATE MOST OF IT. 2 WEEKS AGO ABBIE HAD HER LITTLE BFF LAUREL OVER FOR THE WEEKEND, AND AS IT SO HAPPENED THE CABLE AND INTERNET WAS OUT. THIS MAJOR INCONVIENENCE LED TO A SURPRISINGLY GOOD TIME. THE GIRLS SEEMED TO ENJOY THEMSELVES EVEN MORE. THEY INVENTED NEW GAMES TO PLAY, DID FLOOR EXERCISES AND YES COOKED. WE BURNED TWO BATCHES OF COOKIES ON SATURDAY, AND MADE OOEY GOOEY BROWNIES. THEN ON SUNDAY MORNING I WOKE UP TO TWO LITTLE VOICES SAYING WAKE UP WE MADE YOU BREAKFAST. THEY WERE STANDING BY MY BED WITH A TRAY COVERED WITH FOOD. I HAD CHEESE TOAST, BUTTER TOAST, WAFFLES, EGGS, PANCAKES, A MYSTERY ITEM THAT I HAD TO ASK "WHAT IS THIS" AND THEY PROUDLY ANNOUNCED HAM. THEY HAD TAKEN THE THIN SLICED DELI SANDWICH HAM AND FRIED OR MICROWAVED OR SOMETHING THAT CHANGED THE COMPLETE MAKEUP AND APPEARANCE OF THE MEAT, AND IT WAS BLACK WITH WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS PEPPER. THERE WAS ALSO A BOWL OF OATMEAL, THAT RESEMBLED WALLPAPER PASTE. SO I GLADLY ATE WHAT I COULD AND WITH A BIG SMILE THAT THEY WERE SO SWEET TO MAKE ALL THIS FOR ME. WHEN I GOT OUT OF BED TO RETURN THE TRAY TO THE KITCHEN,CAN YOU IMAGINE THE SITE THAT I SAW.....THE PICTURE POSTED HERE CAN NOT EVEN BEGIN TO TELL YOU WHAT MY KITCHEN LOOKED LIKE. WHEN I TELL YOU THAT EVERY SINGLE COOKING UTINSIL, EVERY PIECE OF SILVERWARE AND EVERY POT AND PAN IN THE HOUSE WAS OUT ON THE COUNTERS, I AM NOT EXAGERATING. OMG HOW COULD THEY HAVE POSSIBLY USED THIS MANY DISHES. IT TOOK 2 AND 1/2 HOURS TO CHIZZEL THE CEMENT LIKE SUBSTANCE FROM MY COUNTERTOPS. THE WAFFLE MAKER WAS COMPLETELY COVERED IN DRIED BATTER. THERE WAS A POT FULL OF SOME SUBSTANCE THAT EVIDENTLY WAS A FOOD EXPERIMENT OF SOME SORT, I NEVER FIGURED OUT WHAT EXACTLY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. NONE THE LESS, I SMILED ALL THE WAY THROUGH IT AND KEPT IN MIND THAT THESE ARE THE DAYS I WILL REMEMBER FOREVER. WHO KNOWS MAYBE THEY WILL HAVE THEIR OWN SHOW ON FOOD NETWORK ONE DAY. WHAT A GREAT WEEKEND WE HAD!