Help! They're ganging up on me!

valstulas

SO is at work and I am in the middle of our night routine, but it's not going smoothly.  At all.  LO is crying to be fed. DS3 dumped his mac & cheese all over the floor.  I picked it up, and then he pulled it out of the trash and threw it everywhere.  DS2 wants to play school and has recruited me as "book helper." And DS1 is freaking out about a word search that's part of his homework assignment.

 

In the midst of all this, I notice a lamp in the big boys' room is all tilted.  It looks like the stand is screwed into the base crooked, so I go to fix it and about a pound of sand falls out of it.  WTF is sand doing in this lamp and who decided to put it there?! 

 

They all feign looks of innocence. 

 

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valstulas

Yep, tonight is going to be that night that I set all the clocks in the house ahead and say, "Oh, gee, where did the time go? Time for bed!"

kaylakim

So sorry! I can definitely relate. Hang in there mama!

valstulas

@maryannespier Hahaha, but seriously, chaos aside, kids are awesome! Never a dull moment and they are so friggin' funny!

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Kitten80

Must be in the air. My 3 are definitely pulling similar shaninigans. And the 4 pets are also in cahoots.

The current revelation in the midst of again trying to get LO to sleep was DS fessing up he had used his airplane to put a hole in the screendoor. The only freakin screen in our house in good enough shape for me to have it open and get fresh air. And although the plane was from daddy despite my objection he was not old enough, somehow the hole will be my fault.

Could the sand be from the base? Maybe they knocked it over, sending sand up the arm and then righted it hoping you wouldn't notice?

I finally found the source of the rotten apple smell - DH's nightstand drawer - where DS has been depositing his snuck apple cores.

Bedtime is coming. We can survive anything for a couple hours...right? Right? I hope so

eta: "y" for they not the

PrimRoseMama

Oh man. Sending you booze!

valstulas

@Kitten80 Lol about the rotten apple smell!!!

And also, yes, we can survive anything with enough wine. :::pouring glass:::

Muffin379

Hang in there you only have a couple of hours left n then u can unwind.

andrea0418

When my 2 step daughters are here along with Ty and I'm just about ready to pull my hair out I take a step back, laugh and think "it's loud and crazy but I would rather have this than a quiet house with no kids every night!"
Hugs mama! Tomorrow is a new day (if you make it through this one).

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Aw sounds like a memorable evening!

arlingirl

@valstulas ...still wishing you were pregnant? LOL FOUR BOYS? How. I don't understand. How is the house even standing? I have one big boy, a boy dog, and a baby boy and that seems like more than enough. God bless you.

atlvol

Yikes! Hugs to you, I hope your night got better.

jennipalmer

Did you get them to sleep?

valstulas

@jennipalmer Oh, yeah, I got them all to sleep. Then 2 minutes later, LO starts fussing (he's NEVER awake at 8:30). I snuggled up with him and fell asleep feeding him.

Kitten80

valstulas said:

@jennipalmer Oh, yeah, I got them all to sleep. Then 2 minutes later, LO starts fussing (he's NEVER awake at 8:30). I snuggled up with him and fell asleep feeding him.

lol, I fell asleep feeding LO too. Glad you made it through hope today is calm and orderly HA ha ha ha