'Gobsmacked' mum offers to give her kids away for free after they cover entire house in BLACK paint
07.04.2022 - 21:13
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A furious mum from Clayton offered to give away her two toddlers online after discovering they'd covered her newly-decorated home in BLACK PAINT as part of 'an art project'. Kerry Jones took to Facebook to share her rage after she was woken up to find her children had 'ruined the whole house'
Mum Kerry, 22, was woken by her partner Callum Sheriff Johnson yelling 'get up' before realising Lacie-Rae, four, and Eliza-Skye, two had left their mark, with black handprints covering the walls and footprints across the floor into the living room. Their black walls and ceilings paint from B&Q had also been smothered over the coffee table and 'brand new' £75 rug, with their sofas completely stained.
Both Lacie-Rae and Eliza-Skye were pictured covered from toe to chest in black paint and look innocently towards the camera with their hands completely black from their mischief. Kerry believes Lacie-Rae, who had been doing hand painting at school, had climbed onto a chair to slide the latch and unlock their spare bedroom door while her parents were sleeping, allowing her to break into the 'easy-to-open' paint tub.
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In the full-time-mum's ranting Facebook post, she jokingly offered to give away her children as they 'ruin everything and think the house is an art gallery', claiming her couch, carpet, rug and four-month-old kitchen lino were left wrecked. Facebook users laughed at how the kids looked 'like butter wouldn't melt' yet consoled the mum by admitting the mess was the 'worst they've seen' from tots.
Kerry, from Clayton, Greater Manchester, said: "I didn't even say anything. My mouth was just wide open with tears running down my face. I was just so