Bad bean box

I have a plastic tub filled with a variety of dried beans and it is usually a wonderful thing. I can get it out and Gemma is easily occupied for at least 15-20 minutes which is enough time to have a complete thought and write it down. This day, I wanted to clean the bathroom and deep clean the cabinets. I know how to have a good time, right?

Anyway, we haven't played with the box recently, which usually means it will be extra fun.

This day, it meant that I started cleaning the bathroom and had completely emptied the cabinet when I heard the sound of beans hitting the floor behind me. In fact, there was a wide trail of beans from the original bean box location allllllllllll the way across the room and down the hallway. I usually don't mind a few stray beans here and there- they vacuum up quite easily. However, there wasn't a bean left in the box on this occasion.

Most disappointingly, I still hadn't cleaned the bathroom or the cabinets. On top of that, I now had to vacuum close to half of the house to clean up the mess....

While trying to salvage some of the mess, I discovered that lentils are exactly the shade of our carpet, making them impossible to see.