31 Photos That Prove Life As A Parent Is Basically One Big Mess

"They opened the foam-filled beanbag. Still vacuuming a year later."

"My daughter Camila and one of her biggest messes! Flour is now banned from our house."

"His sister colored him so pretty with baker's food coloring. It took wayyyy too long to fade away!"

"My friend and I caught our 3 year-olds red handed -- literally! We all learned that long-lasting lipstick is a bear to get out. Only Dawn dish soap worked to get most of it out."

"My twins emptied an ENTIRE bottle of baby powder all over each other and their room....it took days to clean it all up!"

"My son decided it needed to 'snow' inside. House smelled of baby powder for weeks."

"Basically EVERY other wall on this floor is chalkboard paint except for this one 😬😳😂"

"Desitin diaper CREAM. Layers and layers of it...in her eyeball, hair, and EVERYWHERE. Took a good week or two to wash it all away!"

"Marker. Even though it was washable, it still took a few times to wash it completely off. 😕"

"The kids got into the Aquaphor while we were at a holiday party and a sitter was 'watching' them. They smeared a full giant tub on nearly every surface of their room (including linens and clothes from the dresser) and of course all over themselves.

While it took hours to fully clean the walls, furniture, linens and clothing, it literally took days to de-grease their hair. In the end, it took more washes than I care to remember with pretty much every substance known to modern man before their hair was blonde again and no longer stiff. Needless to say, we have never used that babysitter again and I am grateful that their 3rd birthday pictures were taken before they decided to party with the Aquaphor."

"An entire bottle of Hershey's syrup all over his room. Somehow he got it on the ceiling as well."

"I popped to the loo and in the 30 seconds I was gone, my 3-year-old emptied numerous bags of craft supplies all over the floor and proceeded to roll around in it. Worst thing was that the vacuum wouldn't pick any of it up (the sequins and tiny bits of shiny paper stuck to the carpet, and the feathers and balls were too big) so I had to pick it all up by hand."

"Shaving cream from one end of the house to the other. I couldn't even be mad because when I first saw her she said 'BOO!'"

"Where was I when this happened? Cluelessly downstairs enjoying listening to their laughter and squeals. Took four adults two hours to clean up. Of course we had the munchkins help too. Bags and bags of shredded paper all over two rooms and the hallway."

"Poured the Baby Powder EVERYWHERE. And he was SO proud of himself!"

"My son was supposed to be taking a nap, and then it got eerily quiet. I found him like this! Diaper cream all over himself. I guess the bed was too close to his dresser. Oops! Instead of a nap, he got a bath. And he got me laughing instead of yelling. How could I not? He looks ridiculous!"

"My 3-year-old found the tiniest hole in couch...."

"Marker Madness 🙈😳"

"Read: Mom's in the shower."

"Comet! They managed to open the cupboard under the sink despite the child safety lock. I was in the adjacent room putting laundry in the dryer."

"This was about 6 years ago but he found the can of chocolate milk mix and managed to get it open in the backseat."

"This is what happened when I left my kids alone with the Styrofoam packaging from our vacuum cleaner...almost impossible to clean up because it stuck to everything. We found pieces for MONTHS."

"Melody here with baby powder and lotion"

"Lots, and lots, and lots of flour!!!"

"Oh yes. Hair grease. Everywhere. It took a whole bottle of Dove to lift that oil."

"Big sister put cold cream on baby while Mom grabbed a cat nap."

"Found some mud at the bottom of a drained water tank. Thank God for hoses."

"Marker. Even though it was washable, it still took a few times to wash it completely off. 😕"

Kristen Auchmoody

"My first kid was so easy. Parenting was a piece of cake. I didn't really understand how much personality plays a role! My second does things just out of curiosity ... or something. She steals things she finds and takes them back to her nest, I mean room and then commences with messes during nap time. Lipstick, mascara, sidewalk chalk, sharpie, scissors (she cut all her hair off), shampoo, nail polish... and it doesn't just end up on her, it ends up on the whole room! Her carpet was toast."

"While cleaning up dinner, my husband and I realized it was a little too quiet. As we walked up the stairs we noticed a bit of 'cloud' in the air. We opened our daughter's bedroom door to find her and her brother had been having some fun of their own 😲. Yes. That's an entire large bottle of baby powder."