Another wet afternoon at the circus

Apparently, my admonitions to "keep the water in the sink" did not have the intended effect...

We recently borrowed "Mary Poppins" from the library and let the girls watch it for our weekly pizza-movie-picnic night. The girls were much impressed by the scene in which Mary Poppins doles out medicine on spoons. (They've never gotten medicine from a spoon -- only from a syringe or a tiny cup.) When I set the girls up at the sink for water play, Kathleen decided to help herself to a salad server to reenact the scene, which certainly contributed to Madeline's drenched state. Too bad they weren't as impressed by Mary Poppins saying, "Good enough is as good as a feast!"

Of course, I can hardly complain about two little girls who splash in the kitchen sink. It keeps them diverted for nearly half an hour and they're always more than happy to grab rags and do (or at least begin) the drying up of the counter and the floor. (And, as far as I'm concerned, that just means I don't have to mop as often!)