Earthquake? Tornado? Natural Disaster? Nope. Just a 2 year old.

 {Excuse the mess, it's Spring Break, and a rainy day. Nuff said.}

Today was a devastatingly sad, sad, SUPER SADS day for me. My much loved curio cabinet was demolished. Holding all things precious and treasured by me. {Well, all non-living things.} A decades collection of Lennox Tinkerbells now lay shattered and ruined. Two very special Jim Shore wood carvings are in pieces.

Oh my beautiful chotchkies. *SOBS*

I'm not even sure what happened. I just saw the curio on it's way down, and had barely enough time to scream to Leah to get out of the way. No doubt she would have been very seriously injured, if not killed. I am BEYOND thankful that wasn't the case. In fact I was so relieved she wasn't hurt that it took several minutes for me to even be care that all my pretties were know smashed to smithereens.

That is...until I picked up the cabinet to survey the damage.

First, and foremost, I did what I did when all disasters occur; I called Mel and begged him to come home. Of course he couldn't. But he warned me not to try and pick up anything if it was heavy, and to get help from Joshua.

Luckily it wasn't heavy at all. Joshua and I were able to lift it up and put it back in place. It was practically broken in half, the mirror in the back is cracked, and there is damage on the inside. There is also a broken handle. Oh and somehow the fall made it REALLY dirty and covered in fingerprints. Weird huh?

 {Yea, did NOT realize it needed a good pledge cleaning until I'm here posting to the world. Eek.}

Once lifted, I got a view of the damage and broke down. I couldn't help it. I'm already a hormonal mess, and this was REALLY upsetting to me! This cabinet held some of my most prized and loved possessions! Not to sound materialistic, but they were special to me. Gifts from my sisters, gifts that symbolized the birth of my children, gifts from my husband that he bought on our honeymoon. Yes, they're just THINGS, but they are special and irreplaceable things. My pretty things that I liked to look at. It breaks my heart.

I was able to separate out the pieces into baggies, and most will be able to be super glued together if I'm able to keep a steady hand. Thank goodness for that. But some were just purely demolished.

Poor Leah was so apologetic and sorry. I was just so thankful she was okay. It could have ended in an ambulance ride.

RIP my collection of pretties:

{Some of the random things were things hidden on top of the cabinet.}

{Ew, I don't know why an empty box of cigarettes was on top of the cabinet. lol}

I will add that I am SO, so glad I moved my Willow Tree collection to my entertainment center along with my vintage camera. That would have sucked even MORE. Vintage damage is much more devastating. {IMO}

Ugh. It really downright SUCKS!!!! I hope I'm able to superglue everything like I said, but holy crap, I'm not a super gluing wizard genius. I need to acquire some mad gluing skills like asap. My poor, poor Tinks. *sigh* SUPER SADS

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