Sunday, September 14, 2008

angels to devils in an instant

8:05am - smiling children hovering in the kitchen
8:07am - boy smiling devilishly with yogurt in his hair

9:35am - car enroute to Target with 3 children singing in "rounds" (if you call it that... they are joyfully saying some sort of words/gibberish in some sort of melody- and all 3 are on a different pace)
9:37am - screaming, crying Mary who is desperately trying to get out of her safety harness

10:40am - children enjoying all the attention as we go through Target's check-out line for the 2nd time!
10:41am - items that the chilren are holding are whipped across the floor

11:08am - ice cream treat for what Mommy thought was "acceptable" behavior at Target (based on entire time there)
11:09am - Mary screaming because she wants her own spoon
11:09- 30sec - Gabby refusing to actually swallow said ice cream

12:25pm - happier child disposition has now been replaced with screams of "done" from lunch table.
12:28pm - returning to kitchen to take next child up for nap time...only to find that high chair tables have been dumped onto the floor... (yes, with food still on them.)
12:28 - 20 sec - Gabby actually smiling at the masterpiece she has created on the floor

12:50pm through 2:35pm - constant high pitched screams from various children... mostly because they all want to be held at the same time and Mommy just can't
2:38pm - sudden silence from 2 that have now finally appeared to fall asleep

5:28pm - sisters "sharing" dinner... aww, how sweet
5:29pm - food dumped on the floor since they are "all done"

6:30pm - smiling babies waving "hi" at daddy who is on the phone
6:31pm - crying babies since daddy really isn't here to play
6:32pm - really crying babies since Mommy won't give them the phone

6:45pm - major meltdown
7pm - babies laughing as they give Mommy a big splash on her belly

7:30pm - silence as little angels sleep