Moving "Help"

Have you ever tried packing up a house with a two year old who wants to "help?" It's crunch time for us since the movers are coming Thursday, and this is the first break from packing I have taken all day. My well-intentioned daughter has wanted to help mommy pack all day long. After a fiasco in which she almost broke almost half of my picture frames, I decided to set her up with some packing supplies and a job. I gave her a box, a sheet of bubble wrap, and her bath toys, and she went to work. She looked pretty cute packing up her bath toys. So cute I had to take pictures.

Satisfied that I had her occupied, I went back to the kitchen to pack. After a few minutes, I realized it had been a little too quiet for a little too long. I went back into the den to find she had discovered the jumbo Sharpie and had labeled several things in the room including herself. I was horrified. So horrified I had to take pictures.

She had also marked on the carpet, which thank goodness came up with carpet cleaner (the buyers would have loved seeing that on the final walk-through!). There was also a bath toy that was marked beyond recognition, so the pink bunny will unfortunately no longer be making the move with us in a few days. We'll miss him.