I never took photos

http://shitmykidsruined.tumblr.com/

This link made me laugh.  I could have contributed many times, but it never occurred to me to photograph things I'd rather forget....

• Like when the Larger Hooligan sharpie'd the bed, carpet, and walls in our guest room when he was 18 months.  Nail polish remover got an amazing amount of it out.  
• And the time he dropped our friends' cordless phone in a bucket of water.  
• When he was 3, he was trying to help us in the basement.  He dropped a heavy can of paint ("It was grown-up paint, mom.").  It splattered everywhere.  Fortunately, it was not a finished basement.  His clothes were ruined, but otherwise, no harm done.
• Oh, and this was a doozy:  When he was 18 months, the Stinkin' Aunts (My sister and Ilene) used to let him play in their parked car, which kept him busy and happy, so I let him play in our car while I worked in the yard. He had a grand time, honking the horn and poking all the buttons.  But then something in the electrical panel broke and had to be replaced ($300). 
•  In first grade, he was racing with his friend on their bikes and he bashed into a parked car's rearview mirror, breaking it off.  Miraculously, no one was hurt.  It cost $152 to replace the mirror.  He's paying me back by picking up all the dog poop in the yard until he moves out.  I may come out ahead on that one.....

I know I will miss my children when they move out and the house will seem dull and empty...I think.