Mirror Mirror on the wall ....

So tonight after Andrew woke up from his nap, I grabbed him while Katherine and Caleb finished cleaning her room (i.e. put away all her kitchen and dress up stuff from when they were playing house). We met downstairs and just like every other night, I put Andrew in his high chair and Katherine and Caleb sat on the island and we all cooked dinner together.

About half way through the cooking process, I heard the loudest crash EVER. Literally. It was deafening. It was so loud it frightened all of us, and in that split second there was NOTHING I could think of that could have fallen to cause that kind of noise. NOTHING! I screamed, yelled "HOLY SHIT" at the top of my lungs, and snatched up Andrew from the high chair. Katherine and Caleb were right on my heels as I ran up the stairs. Katherine was convinced that her toy kitchen fell over. Caleb yelled, "Mommy, I think our house is thundering!!". The only possibility I could think of was that the military people from Camp Dodge were having some kind of drill and accidentally shot out a bedroom window. That's how loud it was.

We ran into Katherine's room first and found nothing. Caleb's room was undisturbed as well. I looked into their bathroom and found everything in order. Out of desperation and confusion I went into my room. I was *SURE* the noise couldn't have come from my room because I had just come from there a few minutes earlier, and I was the last one out. Everything looked fine until I rounded the corner into the bathroom. To my SHOCK, HORROR & DISBELIEF, I found the mirror, which spans the entire length of the double vanity shattered all over the floor. Evidently it had pulled away from the wall and broken into a million pieces. It was horrible!

So ... long story short, Matt came home and tried to start cleaning up the mess, but it was just too much. The glass hit so hard that it broke chips out of our counter top, ruined the floor and took gashes out of the door. It's a total mess. A few minutes into the process he threw his hands up in the air and filed an insurance claim. So tomorrow, hopefully the adjuster and cleaning crew can get here first thing. My carpet is a mess -- shards of glass are everywhere, I can't even imagine putting that make-up on my face again... so tomorrow I'll be going for the "natural" look! UUUUUUGH. It's such a mess. I can't even describe it. You know how when some glass breaks, it's in huge chunks? Not this mirror. Imagine a several foot long mirror shattered into hair like strands all over the place. Just the thought of it makes me shudder!

In other news....

Tomorrow Katherine is hosting a back to school pool party at our house. She invited 8 of her little girlfriends from school and we're going to swim all afternoon!! We set up the water slide tonight, got snacks, juice boxes, the works! It should be fun for her! I'm sure the neighborhood crew will make their way to our backyard, so it should be one rockin' party!! I'll post pictures tomorrow!

Oh, and tonight before Matt started the glass cleaning project in the bathroom, we met with the interior designer. We settled on a couch, chair, bench/ottoman, rug, art work and paint color. I'm so thrilled with the outcome and can't wait to get it all! We just need to work on finishing off the bookshelves and find some new lamps and we should be good to go! I'll post pictures as soon as it arrives -- but don't hold your breath -- the furniture will take 10 weeks!