I get misty-eyed sometimes when I go through pictures of my son when he was just a toddler. Those sweet chubby cheeks, that feathery hair, his little ways. But there is one thing I have absolutely no nostalgia for: The messes. We had some gigantic toy disasters, especially after play dates. But as parents of young devils know, the messes can get a lot deeper than that. And a lot harder to clean up.
Take a walk down memory lane as we recall some of the worst toddler-made disasters in our lives.
That time she poured baby powder all over everything. That time he got into your glitter. The toilet paper bonanza of 2009. Or that fateful day when you thought it might be fun to paint together. Ha! It was not. SIGH. Aren't you glad you didn't have to clean up these messes?

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Oh yeah.....any kid who's gotten ahold of paint should have his name legally changed to Disaster Danny.
You want a mess that will drive you to drink? Ask my sister! My 4 year old nephew and 2 year old niece smashed 2 DOZEN raw eggs all over her living room! It was EVERYWHERE, on the carpet, on the couch, on the walls...pretty much anywhere they could get it. And where was my sister during all this? In the nursery changing the twins' diapers (they are 8 month old). It all happened in less than 5 minutes!
knocked over flour or sugar. Seriously.
OH the baby powder. My son is 9 now, but when he was little he was OBSESSED. He was not satisfied until the thing was empty and he could empty it in seconds flat. I came up with no less than 9 hiding spots for baby powder and none of them worked, it was just a thing he had to grow out of. He doesnt believe me when I tell him these stories! And once, he took the chocolate syrup out and poured it all over the kichen and fridge. He doesnt believe that either. I wished I had taken pics!
One of theBest messes EVER in our house:My 2 kids are 5 years apart w,my son the youngest.My Mom was babysitting them one day&they wanted to play Make-up with her,so she said ok&proceeded to go get the makeup bag.They started making her face up&decided that make up wasnt bright enough,so they got the box of permanent markers out.One was doing her eyeshadow,so she didnt see it.They started drawing ALL over her face w/the markers(she thought it was eyeliner b/c she had her eyes closed).They were almost finished when a knock came at the door.It was the Police looking for the next door neighbor&wanted to know if they had seem them.Imagine the sheer shocked expression on the cops face&horror on my Mom's when she went to talk to them&was COVERED in Bright,Neon permanent marker all over her face!Boy,did SHE have some "splainin ta do to the cop(after He quit crying from laughing).Needless to say,she never let them play make-up again!In all fairness,they had seen me use a washable skinny black marker when I had run out of eyeliner before&was in a hurry,so they thought those markers were the same..Yup,just one of the MANY Stories from my kids Mischievous Childhood.&lemme tell ya,the Little Rascals have NOTHING on my 2,so EVERY day was a new adventure to see what they got into!