If you have ever wondered what to do in case an adorable and helpful little Ethiopian accidently puts dishwashing soap instead of dishwasing detergent in the dishwasher, then never fear because your answer has arrived ~
1. Don't panic!! The mounds of soap and tons of water on your kitchen floor will not kill you.
2. Retrieve every available towel in your home, little or small is unimportant, this is not the time to be picky.
3. Sop up mess and quickly call husband, who quickly Googles you an answer (thank God for google, how did we survive without it!)
4. Ever helpful hubby advises to take all the dishes out (yea! do you know how many dishes a family of 8 can generate in a day?!) remove as much water and soap as possible, throw ice and 2 cups of vinegar in the bottom of dishwasher and run through a short cycle. Be advised this step is most easily accomplished with the help of a very hard working and completely dependable Trae.
5. Cycle the dishwashing machine through 3 times, yes, that is right, 3 times to get all the soap out.
6. Return all the dishes to dishwasher and wash, with dishwashing detergent not soap, just my opinion though, you can do as you like.
7. Resume with ~ kindergarten math, long division lesson, reading of King Aurther, math in Amharic and math lesson in ASL.
No problem, just another day in the Ruppel house. Oh my the way, another great hiding place for gum, the mail box!! Why didn't I think of that?!
Also, just in case any of you were wondering Nat likes skirts but not dresses, but Rue likes dresses and skirts. Nat likes her hair partially braided but Rue NO BRAIDS! Got it. Loves scrambled eggs, eats a large man's portion of scrambled eggs almost everyday but not hardboiled, oh wait, Rue does like hardboiled, just not Nat. Loves avacodas and potatoes (the white kind not the sweet kind, got it) and just about any fruit. Celery on the other hand will make you gag and almost throw up, Nat that is, Rue will happily sit by her sister eating all her celery while laughing at Nat. What else, Rue loves to read and Nat would rather scratch her eyes out then read (yea, considering I am her teacher!) Oh, and they love to laugh and play and hang out with their brothers and sisters and apparently Rue is accustomed to an early evening nap because we almost always find her asleep around 5pm. And last but not least just when you think you have overcome the washing of underwear in the sink alas, you find wet undies hanging on the bed post!
Love them, love every minute with all 6 of them, even when I am up to my elbows in bubbles!!
1. Don't panic!! The mounds of soap and tons of water on your kitchen floor will not kill you.
2. Retrieve every available towel in your home, little or small is unimportant, this is not the time to be picky.
3. Sop up mess and quickly call husband, who quickly Googles you an answer (thank God for google, how did we survive without it!)
4. Ever helpful hubby advises to take all the dishes out (yea! do you know how many dishes a family of 8 can generate in a day?!) remove as much water and soap as possible, throw ice and 2 cups of vinegar in the bottom of dishwasher and run through a short cycle. Be advised this step is most easily accomplished with the help of a very hard working and completely dependable Trae.
5. Cycle the dishwashing machine through 3 times, yes, that is right, 3 times to get all the soap out.
6. Return all the dishes to dishwasher and wash, with dishwashing detergent not soap, just my opinion though, you can do as you like.
7. Resume with ~ kindergarten math, long division lesson, reading of King Aurther, math in Amharic and math lesson in ASL.
No problem, just another day in the Ruppel house. Oh my the way, another great hiding place for gum, the mail box!! Why didn't I think of that?!
Also, just in case any of you were wondering Nat likes skirts but not dresses, but Rue likes dresses and skirts. Nat likes her hair partially braided but Rue NO BRAIDS! Got it. Loves scrambled eggs, eats a large man's portion of scrambled eggs almost everyday but not hardboiled, oh wait, Rue does like hardboiled, just not Nat. Loves avacodas and potatoes (the white kind not the sweet kind, got it) and just about any fruit. Celery on the other hand will make you gag and almost throw up, Nat that is, Rue will happily sit by her sister eating all her celery while laughing at Nat. What else, Rue loves to read and Nat would rather scratch her eyes out then read (yea, considering I am her teacher!) Oh, and they love to laugh and play and hang out with their brothers and sisters and apparently Rue is accustomed to an early evening nap because we almost always find her asleep around 5pm. And last but not least just when you think you have overcome the washing of underwear in the sink alas, you find wet undies hanging on the bed post!
Love them, love every minute with all 6 of them, even when I am up to my elbows in bubbles!!
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