Abbey & Frosting

Doesn't that title just say it all? Here's the whole story, in case you wanted to know.
Today I went grocery shopping. Albertson's is having a really good deal on cereal and some other baking items and I had some really good coupons to go along with the deals so I decided I'd get up early and hit the road. I got lots of cereal, cake mixes, frosting, etc. I came home and Jeff and I helped each other put the food away in the pantry as well in our secondary storage area upstairs. I think we both thought that the other one had put the frosting away. That was our first mistake. The second mistake was that I left to go pick Emma up from a sleep-over and Jeff was upstairs working on the computer. He noticed that the house was too quiet and so went to investigate. There usually is only one place the kids go when we can't find them. They hide behind the love seat in the front room. They are usually hiding there because they've snuck some treat from the kitchen that they're not supposed to have. Jeff found Abbey there with her fists shoved into the frosting container, frosting all over her, the floor, the heat vent and some even got on the couch. Ian was also in on the merriment - he was just smart enough to leave before Jeff found him and even managed to wash his hands and face to hide any evidence. Jeff was, understandibly, upset and decided that it would be better for him and the children if he just cleaned them up and then confined them to their rooms rather than to spank. (He has really big hands - I'll bet it's almost like using a paddle.)
We also went to Jeff's parent's home tonight to help Jeff's dad chop down a tree. Okay, mostly they just gave the tree a REALLY BAD hair cut. The tree provides wonderful shade...so much so that the zucchini didn't grow at all last year. I'll put a picture of Jeff climbing the tree like the monkey he is as soon as his folks email it to me.