Glitter

Tonight we went to our neighbor's house for dinner.  We are very good friends, and our children are all the same age and get along great.  Before dinner the kids were all in the boy's room, playing happily.  We managed to pull them away briefly, but as soon as we excused them they all ran back to the fun area.

After dinner we were talking around the table and realized it was awfully quiet in the boy's room.  As if on cue one of the boy's walked out with his hands raised, both of which were completely covered in glitter.  We all stood up, and terrified of what we would find, we slowly walked into the room.

We were greeted by a red, glittery, world.  They had emptied the entire contents of a large bottle of glitter, and were happily spreading it all over the room, and all over themselves.  No child was more decorated than Christian.   He was, head to toe, completely covered in glitter.  I was speechless, but he looked right at me, with a huge grin on his face, and said "I'm sparkly."

We wiped, washed, and bathed.  All that we accomplished was to spread the sparkles.  People without children might not see the beauty in glitter all over your carpet.  We however, know it could be worse.  And really, I have to admit that my kids look pretty good covered in glitter.  All in all, it was a beautiful miss use of craft supplies.