Wet day

Today was a wet day in doors and out.
Let's start at the beginning.
I've made up my mind to spend Arwen's best part of her day with her, which is when she wakes up between 6:30-7:00am. For those of you saying how great it is she sleeps that late let me tell you that I would prefer to sleep much later. I've been both the early bird and the night owl and to tell the truth I accomplish much more as an early bird but with Chris working the graveyard shift I'll stay up and chat on-line with him.
Anyway. Arwen woke up at 6:08am this morning and I was able to tune out her morning song (yeah, she sings to her fingers or pacifier)until 6:45 when I decided to get up and play with her. It was raining outside and it seemed that it would just be a beautiful April day. Little did I know what was waiting for me.
Being Friday it meant that I would need to go and do the bookkeeping out at my parents'. Fridays are usually tough on Arwen because she doesn't know that environment as well and won't put herself down for a nap. Kale, the 2 1/2 year old I watch, comes along as well and that's where our story takes off.
We arrive at my "office" and as usual the first thing is that I put Kale in the highchair and fix him his oatmeal. After he finished he played on the floor with Arwen.
Mistake number 1: I didn't take him to the bathroom as soon as he finished eating.
While I was arranging my paper work for the day I hear the all too familiar cry from Arwen and turn around just in time to see Kale take Arwen's toy from her hand and start to sword fight with the remaining toy in her other hand. I was going to take him to time out and noticed his pants were soaked. Off to the showers and a change of clothes. Cleaned up the carpet. Back to playing for him, bookkeeping for me.
Mistake number 2: I assumed by the incredible wetness of his pants and carpet that he had nothing left to give.
15 minutes later he was wet again. Shower, potty, clothes, carpet, playing, bookkeeping.
Mistake number 3: I assumed that since I had just taken him to the potty with success he would be fine for a little while.
Meanwhile, my sister's Friday baby-sitter was sick and I said sure I'd watch the girls. Arwen's morning nap is around 9:30am. It was 10:30am before I got her settled and sleeping. It was quite the task since she was so tired, she got up at 6:08 remember. My nieces arrive and I instruct them to play in the office quietly while Arwen's sleeping. Long part of the story short, I put Kale in the highchair so he would stop taking toys from the girls and pushing them over, the girls not the toys. Arwen woke up and it was time for lunch. Yep, you guessed it, when I got Kale out of the highchair he was wet again. On the up-side I had already put his first 2 outfits in the laundry. Shower, potty, pull-up, (clothes not done yet), lunch.
Mistake number 4: I forgot that no matter how long you've been potty trained accidents happen.
When we, me, Arwen (8m), Kale (2 1/2), Allie (2 1/2) and Sammie (3 1/2)arrived at my house Kale went right to bed and I sent the girls to use the potty before their nap. Sammie went first but took a little longer than Allie, who's been trained for about a year now, could hold and wet her pants. Thankfully, I had just washed all of Kale's spare clothes so Allie was not without clothes for her nap.
All in all it was a beautiful April day. For real, not sarcastically.