Conspiring Toddlers

Sometimes I wonder if kids secretly plot to make as much mess as possible when their parents aren't paying attention. Mikayla is going through the dumping phase. She likes to take the 3 level stackers of toys and pour them all out. I remember when Austin used to do this so I just tell myself "this too shall pass." One night while I was on the computer (probably blogging:) I heard quite a lot of commotion from the back of the house. Upon entering the hallway I found this:
After inquiring Austin about this all he said was something about it being "dangerous." Luckily they were all big toys so it didn't take too long to put away. However the other night when I was at work Craig told me that they kids left a suprise for me when I got home.
They took every single toy from the room and put it in a pile. Craig was in the other room studying for his final at the time this was occuring. And since nobody was crying or hollaring he had no idea this was happening. I can just imagine the giddy smiles on my kids faces as they picked up each toy one by one and threw it in the pile. And when we asked Austin what he was doing his reply was "building a fire." Where do kids get these ideas?? Don't worry....the kids had lots of fun helping me pick it all up.