I only wanted to take a shower

There comes a point in every mother's life where she will be forced to leave one or more of her children unattended while she takes a shower. It's inevitable.

I took C to school, came home, turned a movie on for F and ran upstairs to take a quick shower. I cannot gate off the kitchen (the area where damage is most likely to occur) because F needs access to the bathroom.

I was in the shower for approximately 10 minutes when I heard some type of commotion downstairs. I finished as fast as I could, toweled off and found F sitting on my bed with a guilty look on his face. I asked him if he made a mess. He said "no." I asked him if he ruined something, he said "no" as well. I decided to come straight out and ask the million dollar question: "What did you do????"

He calmly told me that he got the syrup and put it in his sippy cup. He reached behind him and pulled out his froggy sippy cup filled to the top with maple syrup. He took a big long swig just to show me how ingenious he is.

I came downstairs and sure enough - not a drop of syrup was spilled. Looks like the buddy-the-elf diet is working out for both of us.