a playdate and a mess

talan has gotten sick of being stuck in the house all winter long so he decided to invite some friends over for a playdate.
of course he had to have his bestest good friend, isaac, come over (with nancy, of course) and then we decided to keep it in the family and invite nancy's cousin jenny and her 2 kids, elianna and shay.
as soon as his friends got here, talan decided to show them how to take out every toy from the toy basket in the living room. after that was done we decided to head downstairs for a bit.
they all seemed to have a good time playing and they even ate a little lunch.
after lunch was over, jenny, elianna and shay had to head home. but nancy and isaac stuck around for awhile. nancy and i sat upstairs talking while we let the boys play downstairs. i kept hearing things being dumped and knew that talan was in the middle of making one of his usual major messes.
when it came time for nancy and isaac to leave i finally decided i better see what talan had done. turns out, it was probably his biggest mess to date....and that's saying something.
he had taken out almost every single toy from every single crate, bin and bucket. he had even taken the cushions and pillows off of the couch and chair.
you could tell he wasn't playing with any of it. he would just walk over, open a bin, dump it and walk to the next thing. so at least things were mostly kept in piles and was a little easier to clean up.
later in the day jenny had written me saying she felt bad for leaving the house the way they did. i told her she had NO idea what happened after she left...so jenny, enjoy these pictures!!! this is why i don't clean up after him all day long. it happens once a day. if that.

it's always so much fun trying to get a picture with a bunch of kids!
shay, elliana, talan and isaac:







it gets better. wait for it....:
talan's beautiful mess. and trust me when i say i know he did this all by himself: