Don't cry over spilled milk

On Funniest Home Videos sometimes they have these videos of toddlers that have gotten into the chocolate syrup and spread it all over the carpet, walls, beds, etc. To me I think it's funny because I don't have to clean up the mess. It's kind of funny to see the chocolate covered kids. But for the life of me I can't figure out why parents film this, and much less laugh about it during the whole clip. I can say I would be pretty mad at the kid because they probably knew better. And also in the back of my mind I think that if the parents were WATCHING their child, this wouldn't have happened in the first place.

Now, this particular incident happened after lunch. It was almost nap time and the kids had eaten their lunch and left their cups of milk sitting on the table. I was trying to catch the end of American Idol that I recorded last night when Ashley comes wandering in all nonchalant looking like this. I asked her what happened and she points to the dining room. I should have taken a picture of the dining room, but I wiped up all the spilled milk before I thought to take a picture of it. Yes, I wiped up the dining room before I wiped up my daughter. And for a good reason: because I knew if I wiped her up first, she would be PLAYING in the milk while I was trying to clean up the rest of the mess, and therefore getting herself all milky and sticky again. You should have seen the dining room. You would think two cups of milk could not go far, but you'd be wrong. It was EVERYWHERE. On the wall, the curtains, the table, the rug, the chair...EVERYWHERE. Little stinker. But it was kind of funny. Especially looking at her cute milk droplet face.

So, maybe it's a little stupid posting something so little as spilled milk, but maybe other moms can relate :)