How To: Clean a couch cushion

1. Get woken up in the morning by the builders next door playing "We will rock you" By Queen
2. Toddler comes in for cuddles
3. Have quick cuddles before alarm goes off
4. Get up for the day
5. Make breakfast
6. Dress Toddler
7. Have shower and get dressed
8. Go outside - Toddler helps open gates
9. Get into car and go to wriggle and rhyme at the library
10. Heavier traffic then usual
11. Get to library too late for the 10am session of Wriggle and Rhyme
12. Go for a walk
13. Go to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
14. Find out Montessori workshop for parenting on
15. Check it out
16. First one there
17. Toddler excited about new toys to play with
18. Start chatting with Montessori educators to find out more information
19. Another parent comes with their little girl
20. Toddler goes up to the little girl
21. Toddler says "Hi"and gives little girl a hug
22. All adults in the room go "Awwwwww!"
23. Find out other parent is president of Parents Centre (where we had anti-natal classes)
24. Continue to have a chat with Montessori educators and President of Parents Centre
25. Journalist for the local paper comes in, takes a few photos and interviews everyone about our thoughts on the workshop (hope that you look good in the photos... at least Toddler was presentably dressed!)
26. Finish up workshop
27. Have chat with Parents Centre President
28. End up volunteering to help out with the Parents Centre - with possibility of running their playgroup!
29. Leave and walk towards library
30. Walk into a SPCA person - chat with them for a while
31. Check time and see you're too late for the 11am Wriggle and Rhyme
32. Carry onto the Bead shop to get embellishments for current crafting project
33. Discuss possible business opportunity with owner of bead shop... (more info at a later date...)
34. Toddler says "Library?" 
35. Go to library, let Toddler pick a few books to read
36. Toddler picks up "It's ok to be different" by Todd Parr
37. Decide it's a good book
38. Take photo of it and send to Sister in law (who is a primary school teacher) as a suggestion
39. Chase after Toddler who picks a few new books
40. Decide to go back and get "It's ok to be different" out also
41. Find another child has taken it to read (good for them! :-D) 
42. Decide to get it out another time
43. Tell Toddler we are going home
44. Toddler screams "NO!" and runs away
45. Chase after Toddler
46. Catch up with them in the Family History section
47. Carry Toddler back to Children's section
48. Quietly remind Toddler that we are in the library and we use inside voices
49. Quietly and patiently tell Toddler  "We are going to go into the pram, then get some books out  and then go home for lunch"
50. Toddler still protests
51. Toddler runs away again and hides under the Children's table
52. Coax Toddler out
53. Convince Toddler to get into pram
54. Leave library and go home
55. Toddler smells ripe - change nappy and put into undies
56. Sit on couch and have lunch
57. Toddler finished lunch
58. Turn to Toddler
59. Toddler has vacant stare
60. Start to ask Toddler if they need to go toilet
61. Toddler stands up on couch
62. Toddler looks between legs
63. Toddler leaking
64. Toddler says "Mess!"
65. Grab Toddler and take to toilet for them to finish (Put peed on couch cushion into washing machine on way past)
66. Call out to Grandpa and ask them to put a towel on the "mess" and aim to clean up after Toddler finished
67. Toddler finished with toilet - change undies and pants
68. Go to clean up mess 
69. Find out Grandpa has done it
70. Thank Grandpa
71. Turn washing machine on with Toddlers help pushing the buttons
72. Take Toddler outside to play on motorbike tricycle
73. Toddler playing on motorbike tricycle in front yard
74. Toddler freezes and gasps "Uh"
75. Toddler jumps off motorbike tricycle and runs towards house shouting "Potty potty potty!"
76. Pick up motorbike tricycle and catch up with Toddler
77. Toddler decides they need to close the side gate before going inside
78. Toddler helps close gate and wants to go on motorbike tricycle
79. Remind Toddler they wanted to go potty
80. Toddler nods and runs to back door
81. Toddler wipes gumboots on door mat and says "Gumboots off"
82. Help Toddler take gumboots off and take to toilet
83. Toddler holds on the whole time and goes in the actual toilet (Yay!)
84. Praise Toddler
85. Daddy comes home and looks really tired
86. Offer Daddy a coffee - Toddler wants to help make it
87. Let Toddler help make most of the coffee, make one for self and Grandpa too
88. Give coffee to Daddy and Grandpa, sit down with own coffee (Toddler doesn't want drink)
89. Toddler plays with toys
90. Toddler runs in for a hug
91. Toddler running so fast you don't have enough time to move coffee out of the way
92. Get coffee all over jeans (luckily don't make hot coffees for this particular reason - just in case)
93. Check Toddler didn't get any on them (Toddler clean)
94. Remind Toddler that Mummy holding a "HOT" drink means that they need to be careful
95. Toddler says "HOT" and points to now empty mug
96. Toddler looks into mug and says "Empty" 
97. Toddler takes mug off you and says "Not hot" and "On Bench?"
98. Agree with Toddler "Yes, it's not hot anymore. Because it is empty - but you still need to be careful"
99. Thank Toddler for helping
100. Toddler puts cup on bench
101. Toddler comes back and looks into sleeve
102. Toddler pulls out biscuit and eats it
103. Have a laugh at Toddlers new spot for "secret stash"
104. Washing machine finished - help Toddler take out cushion
105. Toddler says "Clean - in there" (pointing to hot-water cupboard) 
106. Put cushion onto hot-water cupboard to help dry over night, intend to put outside to air in the morning.