What's Been Going On....Going on....

I know I haven't been around much lately and for that I apologize.  Things have been, well, crazy. What else would you expect from the Queen of  Insanity?  I should hope nothing less than insane!

Honestly, can't really say there has been anything thrilling going on in my life.  Most of what's been going on has just been day to day mundane.  I have been running kids to dance classes, soccer (which is FINALLY over), dr's appointments for them and myself and sewing like a crazy fool. 

On a more exciting note, I flipped my lid on Olivia and Sarahs' playroom.  You see I was pushed over the edge by the recent mutilation of some of my belongings.  First of all, Olivia was kicking a big ball in my living room.  As you can imagine this is never and I do mean NEVER a good thing indoors.  What made her think this was a good idea? I will never know.  Balls are strictly to be dropped or rolled indoors - Period!  Olivia must have felt this rule was worth breaking and chose to kick the ball.  This lead to one of my precious angels being knocked off of the fireplace mantel and crashing to an excruciating death by tile.  Was I mad?  You can be the judge of that.  Olivia apparently realized I was and became the most docile child in the world.  She avoided me like the black plague. I couldn't even speak I was so upset!

A few days later, I went down to the basement to let Torros out.  As I walked down the steps, I noticed that something wasn't right with my antique pie safe.  Something was missing!  Oh something was missing all right!  A piece of one of the doors was completely torn off.  How did this happen?  Do these children have super human strengths that I am unaware of?  Lucky for these precious gifts from God, they were all ready fast asleep in their beds or they would have been killed on site.  Okay an over-exaggeration but I was less that happy about this discovery.  I made a rapid decision that tomorrow they would no longer have a playroom. 

The next day I woke up and got them all off to school.  When I was home from dropping off Sarah and Emily, Operation Toy Dump began.  I packed up everything that was in the playroom!  Then I went to their bedrooms and got rid of even more toys.  Now all they have left is a couple of baby dolls, baby doll accessories, a stroller and each of them have a dollhouse.  We are done with the toy store atmosphere in this home.  When they came home to discover the toys were gone, they didn't even care. Olivia only cared that she got to keep a baby.  I explained to them that if they couldn't respect my belongings or theirs they wouldn't have any.  It was much like a lecture we might have gotten as children, "Children in China are starving!".  Since Operation Toy Dump, life has been a lot simpler, no longer do I have to lecture about picking up toys. It is better than wonderful!  Emma and Abigail were also excited about the toys disappearing until I told them that the same would happen to their belongings if they didn't step up to the plate and take care of their stuff. 

It's a process people.....

Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity