Desperate times . . .

. . . call for desperate measures.

Or they just cause you do crazy things like let your boys play with water. They thereby make such a big mess that it takes you longer to clean it up than it did for them to actually be entertained by it. But, for three days in a row I put water in the dishwasher and they played long enough for me to finish the dishes without one of them pulling my pants down around my ankles.