It’s rainy and dreary today…so the boys and I were just sitting down to play a game of Skip-bo…and my Dad called.
While I was on the phone with my dad…all the boys started to go nuts! They haven’t acted THIS bad while I was on the phone for a couple of years now!
It was like I had four extra large monkeys in my living room who had just eaten a five pound bag of sugar coated sugar…each…
And here they are pulling each other’s socks off and yanking on each other’s legs and arms…and all the Skip-bo cards that were all neatly piled and ready to play got all strewn around…which of course upset Asa (because he had a good hand).
And I’m on the phone trying to say, “Uh huh.” and “Yeah” and answer questions…all-the-while..I’m walking from monkey fight to monkey fight, pulling bodies away from each other…
But of course I can’t pull them off of each other…because one set of hands is attached to another set of socks…which are of course attached to someone’s feet…
And I only have one hand to work with because one hand is holding the phone…
It was delightful.
“ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!? WHERE IN THE WORLD DID THESE CRAZIES COME FROM?!?!”
I’M SORRY FOR SCREAMING. *ahem* i’m sorry for screaming.
I’m okay now.
Laura V. says:
My boys are 4 and just about to be 2 (on Monday) and it never fails…. they’ll be playing nice and quietly so I’ll sneak the phone out to make a call while they’re occupied and…..yeah! you know what’s coming - THEN THEY TURN INTO BEINGS FROM ANOTHER PLANET WITH VOICES LOUD ENOUGH TO BE HEARD INSIDE THE NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE. The plus side of all this noise is that baby #3 (due in Sept.) will hopefully learn to sleep thru all the craziness and therefore be able to sleep thru most other noises as well!! I’m praying this will be the case anyway!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Kristy Howard says:
Oh my, and I thought girls were bad!! Ha! Seriously, it must be something in the air because my little monkeys have been extra wild lately too… and don’t even THINK about trying to get them down for a decent nap during the afternoon! Good thing Baby Brother is a GOOD sleeper!
~Kristy @ Homemaker’s Cottage
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Stephani says:
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May 22nd, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Lauren says:
That happens around here too! The kids can be in completely different parts of the house, but as soon as I pick up the phone, they’re in a pile in the floor!
May 23rd, 2008 at 6:58 pm