The caption says it all. Ain’t no body got time for stains or floods!
Is it just me or do you think our kids know when we put a clean, new outfit on them. It’s like they have telepathy… “Hey, lets see how fast we can mess this outfit up” Good thing they are cute right!
Well the Haynes boys know how to get MESSY. It might as well be their middle name. Maybe a name change is in order? Just kidding.
I could not get through toddlerhood without my laundry essentials. Speaking of laundry essentials-want to hear one of my most embarrassing stories before I fill you in on the good stuff. Well, we are about to get real close because this is up there with TOP embarrassing moments for Ashley. Yep, bestie status right here!
Okay, (phew breathe) here it goes…
I was in my third trimester with Hayden and it was a quiet afternoon. Henry and Harrison were getting picked up from school by my husband and I was taking it easy after some pregnancy complications. Well, I decided to get up from bed rest and start a load of laundry. I noticed the boys left me a little gift for me, yep you guessed it a stubborn stain. Our laundry room doesn’t have a sink so I took my special concoction and headed to our master bathroom sink. I got it all set up ready to go but the water was taking forever to fill up. I thought to myself let me run into Hayden’s room real quick to see if I can wash any of his clothes while I am doing laundry and I will come back and it will be filled up. Well, I got into Hayden’s room and I never left. I got folding and nesting all the things while sitting on the floor still following bed rest. Fast forward about 45 minutes, I ran to go to the bathroom and as I stepped over the threshold to our bedroom I looked to our bathroom to see water everywhere. Yep, it looked like a kiddie pool in our bathroom. Water was everywhere. I had left the sink on! I immediately freaked out, turned off the sink, and grabbed all the towels I could to “clean it up”. My first thought was I have to get this cleaned up before my husband gets home!! Who else can relate? I was now on my hands and knees trying to soak up this kiddie pool and it wasn’t budging. It was then I heard my phone ring. I saw it was my husband so I answered. He said can you come downstairs and open the garage door, for some reason my clicker is not working. I said sure and waddled downstairs. As soon as I opened the door to the garage, I flipped… there was water everywhere. The small “kiddie pool” upstairs had made its way through the floors and was now flooding our garage. My car looked like it was currently going through the car wash. This was NOT good. My towels were not going to hid this from my husband. LOL help! I proceeded to go through our front room door and walk out the driveway to tell my husband why he indeed could not open the garage door. Like any pregnant woman, the hormones and emotions were high so I am pretty sure the only words he heard come out of my mouth were water, car wash and kiddie pool. No I did not go to the car wash, or let the kids play in a kiddie pool. He soon found out our home was in fact the kiddie pool.
Two take away’s from this lovely experience, pregnancy brain is 100 percent a thing. Not even up for debate. And don’t leave a sink on and walk away. I am not sure what was more fun having the flood at 9 months pregnant or redoing the bathroom at 9 months pregnant. The awesome news is baby Hayden kept his cool and arrived the day before the bathroom was finished. Good timing, little man! Cool-so now that you know one of my most awkward moments, lets share this amazing “recipe” for stains.
I have tried everything. If it is a stain remover, most likely I have tried it or its in my cabinet still. ( I need to do some cabinet purging, but another day, another project!)
Okay let’s get to the good stuff. Stock your laundry room with these 3 essentials and you are set! Oxyclean, Dawn, and Miss Mouth Messy Easters
I soak the clothes with Oxyclean and use Dawn and Miss mouth messy eaters with a scrub brush. Any brush will do but this one if my favorite. It is so rewarding to see the stain immediately fade away! I recently got red wine, YES- red wine, out of a brand new sweatshirt. And before you ask how I did that? Only one embarrassing story a day, okay?!
Linking all of the deets below:
Clear Jar// Laundry Labels // Dress // Puppy Jon Jon// Scrub Brush// Detergent// Baby Detergent
Until next time,
Ashley
Ruffled with Grace 