sol18: major mom fail

James was tucked in his chair gobbling down blueberry pancakes with his fork. I was in the kitchen flipping the next batch, admiring how golden brown they were. Then, I hear it. 

Drip... drip... drip...

I look over our breakfast bar to see that James had stretched his arms across the table and grabbed hold the maple syrup, which I left the cap off of (face palm). He so proudly had it upside down in his hands. All 10 ounces of the sticky contents were in his lap, soaking him down to his diaper. The syrup and seeped into the crevices of his booster chair, through the little holes in our metal chairs, and was now forming a nice puddle on the floor.

I remained calm (something that I'm proud of), took the syrup bottle out of his hands (which greatly disappointed him), and mentally planned out the cleanup process.

Luckily the bath off our dining room is in good view of the syrup puddle, so I started the water and threw James in. He happily played in there while I got lots of towels, warm water, and cleaner.

It was quicker than I thought and we were all good as new a mere 10 minutes later. I'm sure I'll come across some sticky spots as the day goes on, but lesson learned - close everything tightly and leave it out of reach (even further than you think)!