This cold, rainy, snowy, weather is making me crazy, and therefore quite a bit less tolerant of all the lovely things that my children do. Four times in the past 2 days, I have walked into a bathroom to find the entire roll of toilet paper unrolled and piled up on the floor, with parts of it shredded and spread all over. (Kind of makes me wish I hadn't bought the big rolls.) I dream of cleaning up a room and coming back 5 minutes later to find that it is still clean. But alas, it is not to be. (Perhaps if it would stay warm enough, I could send the kids outside!) Instead I come back to see that my 1 year old has poured herself some cereal or that both Amelia and Megan have helped themselves to yogurt, and in the process, Megan has painted both herself and the counter with it. And one of my favorites is to find my girls making "phone calls". (We have quite a history of dialing 9-1-1 around here, so this is never a good situation.) This all happens in the time it takes me to go change a load of laundry or run to the bathroom, mind you.
I've heard that some kids
will sit in front of a t.v. and stay put, therefore allowing a parent to accomplish some tasks, but I'm not that lucky. And even if I leave the younger ones under the watchful care of an older sibling for a few brief moments, I may find when I check on them, that they have all colored themselves blue! (So much for hoping that with age comes the ability to make good and responsible choices.) I think even my kids are feeling a little cooped up if I am to judge from all of the screaming and fighting that is going on between my two youngest, who are usually good buddies.
All I know is that it better warm up quick if we are all going to survive!!!!
