This is what happens when Mommy goes to the bathroom all by herself and dares to close the door behind her

Caroline wasn't alone in the dastardly deed, she had an accomplice:

Can you see that the box had a couple of training potties in it?  I wish I could say the reason they got into the box was because they are over-anxious to potty train themselves.  They aren't. 

Even so, it was one of those moments when I couldn't get mad.  I've been mad lots of other times, and really this one should have qualified for some quality frustration and anger.

But they were just so.very.cute.  And maybe I was having a good day to begin with. 

In case you're wondering, and I'm pretty sure you are, the mess was EXACTLY as hard to clean up as it looks.  So I do not recommend leaving open boxes of packing peanuts around.

But if it happens to you, I'd love to see pictures.

Why is Ivan crying?

Is it because he had to wear his sister's pajamas?

Is it because people think he's a girl because his mom hasn't cut off his curls?

NO!

It's because Caroline had a batter bowl and Ivan didn't!

It was incredibly unfair.

From now on, Mom will simply have to make two batches of brownies in two separate bowls--and hand out the bowls at the same time.

YUM! 

BTW, because I'm somewhat obsessed about fairness, Ivan did get his own batter bowl later on.  We had so many brownies in the house I had to give some away to the neighbors. 

Don't you wish you were our neighbors?