Dishwasher Disaster 2012

I always check to make sure I'm putting dishwasher detergent in the dishwasher and not dish soap. That is, I have always checked until today!  I was a little distracted and decided to run the dishwasher before I forgot again.  I grabbed the bottle of what I thought was dishwasher detergent and even read the label.  Oh, I'm glad it's the environmentally friendly kind, I thought as I dumped it in and started up the dishwasher.  Within ten minutes bubbles were coming out everywhere! I yelled to Tyler to come and help me (obviously in a panic) and as he came towards the kitchen he yelled down, "What happened?"  "Oh. I'm just an idiot," I said as I realized what I had done (this was before he even reached the kitchen).  In the meantime, Liv had taken a jar of nuts and spread them all over the floor.  I looked at Tyler and said, "I just wanted to let you know what our house would look like if you weren't around: bubbles in the kitchen, and a mess everywhere else!"  We started bailing bubbles and water out of the dishwasher.  After three rounds of this, I finally looked up online what to do.  Apparently you can just put 1/2 cup of vegetable oil in and run a load.  Works like a charm (or so it seems)!  Here are some of the bubbly shots we got:

 Liv took advantage of the confusion to make a little mess of her own

 Bubbles, 

bubbles,

and more bubbles!

Liv has also had a great time strolling around the house while we've been cleaning up bubbles :)