What Do Children Do When They're Up In Smoke?

They get stuck in the house.

They get cranky.

They get bored.

And by golly, they get snotty!

Until Super Mom arrives with a balloon, a ton of blankets, some chairs and some pillows.

I'm sure you can figure out what the blankets, chairs and pillows can be transformed into.  At least I hope you can.  I'm concerned if you don't.  This is quite the travesty if you have no idea what I am talking about!

Pigs have officially been seen traversing over the Indian Ocean.  Just sayin'.

So while the New Mexican air fills with smoke and gives us beautiful shots of the mountains (before they vanished in the smoke), the children put their minds to good use and used their imaginations!

I know.  Kids.  Using imaginations?  In 2011?  I'm flabbergasted.  In fact, you could probably knock me over with a feather right now.

Not that that is difficult to do.  I have to have rocks in my pockets in a strong wind so all 107 pounds of me doesn't get blown down the road into a heaping pile of bones and flesh.

Here's Deebo, Sassy Mama's oldest, putting together some blankets over a dining chair.

This is the child, that while playing Apples To Apples, thought that the red card of "whips" went quite well with the green card of "spicy" earlier in the day.

Deebo is just slightly awesome.

And of course, she doesn't think she's awesome at all.  You can see her snag her spot in the shot of my little Diva.

Speaking of Diva, I love that she has a loony side.

^^^^^^  I say smile, and she gave me THAT!  ^^^^^^

Of course, Li'l Sausage wanted some pizza.

For a child that pretty much lives solely on milk (aka: "choka milk"), chicken nuggets and peanut butter sandwiches, I did NOT deny his request for some cheese and tomatoes.  No matter how deformed and filled with salt and sugar it may be.

And while I laid on the floor to get shots of Deebo and Diva, I was also able to capture this extremely rare shot of Li'l Sausage.

Please excuse the hair, the bags under my eyes and the general lack of makeup.  I have a three year old.

A very heavy three year old.

Well, it seemed that way anyway.  He did not exactly take a moment to sit gently.

*crunch*

Of course, discussions became quite serious over whether or not to give Li'l Sausage his own "room" in this rather magnificent fort they've built.

Li'l Sausage unfairly used his charms and wit against the all powerful Deebo.

And he had a difficult time expressing his pride after accomplishing his goal.

Of course, Tsunami, having been keeping to herself this whole time in the other room, decided to come out with the balloon.

What was with the balloon?

This little family decided to expand.

*shakes head*

If only she knew what pregnancy truly meant!

LABOR AND DELIVERY!

But, it was of no surprise that Deebo needed to be THE "mama" in this circle and the ONLY one at that. 

We finished off the play time with Deebo snuggling her pregnant balloon belly and Diva, while Tsunami decided to pretend she was giving Diva a manicure.

With the closed end of an ink pen.

And that concludes the 30 minutes this entire photo set was taken in.

*curtsy*