Just one more reason having kids makes me smile.

I do not line my children up by age behind me and make them walk like a little line of ducks.

A week’s worth of fun that cost nothing!

you know, when I’m not yelling at them to actually “Get on it!”

But as I sat here looking at his picture and contemplating a title, I realized I was struck solemn.

Because our poor kids are gonna be so warped it won’t even be funny. At least to them, anyway.

What an age, what an age, what an age.

I should probably clean a little more.

Life sped up. And slowed down. “Do whatever you need. Just fix my baby.”

But I didn’t say the whole bad word. Nope, I stopped short with gritted teeth.

Haircutting day is a loud, not always joyous, messy day.

You think I would learn…

I have to admit, since my youngest has been mobile - laundry around here has kicked my butt.

“…that i really need it to be quitting time for one of the 6 somebodies around here…

…i’d like to say that it changed my whole day. that i was new person. but i wasn’t. i still cried. i still snapped. but it definitely made me pause. and consider the real issues. the things that are important. the things that are eternal…

and started watching jon & kate + 8.  many of you have asked me if i watch it.  no, not really, i’ve seen it once, kinda. 
so, i cried “uncle” and recorded it.  yep, i love it, just like y’all thought i would. 
except i can’t watch it at night like i normally watch my shows.  here’s the catch.  although my chaos is still no where near their chaos, it is eerily close.  and, in all honesty, i can’t take one more second of crying, screaming kids once mine have gone quietly to …

 
A friend of mine recently told me how he gets gum off his children when they just happen to accidentally string it all over themselves.  Including hair.  Spray that gunk with some Pam Cooking Spray (or if you’re cheap like me, the off-brand wal-mart kind works just as well.)  It’ll just ball up and come right out in little greasy pieces.  I’m not kidding.  And, of course, we’ve had opportunity to try it out.  Ah.mazing. 
(And yes, I did say, he.  He is a single dad raising his 2 girls.  With …

The baby smears chocolate poptart on Daddy’s work shirt.

Your day starts out with a fight with your honey.

…You scream at your kids. And I don’t mean a little yellin’, I mean all out screamin’ like an idiot…

 
Our last phone survived 2 years.  That’s a miracle around here.  The drop rate in this house is a little on the extreme side.  For instance, my cell phone made it 3 weeks before my daughter dropped it in a cup of Dr. Pepper.  DP ain’t kind to a  Sony Ericsson.  And the fault does not lie completely in the hands of my children - I’m a tad tough on electronics as well. 
So after 2 years of constant droppage, our last phone could take no mo’ and bit the dust with much …

is just about to wear me out.  good grief. 
ever since he learned to do this…

and this…

it’s been ridiculous around here.  we have to keep all the chairs pushed away from the table.  i’m constantly running to get him down before he falls. 
and he’s currently crying it out in the night.  for good this time.  the other night after i had brought him to my bed in the middle of the night i awoke to him crying.  and not in the same room as me.  i was instantly awake and scared to …