Kids had had a bath, dinner, prayer, brushed teeth... Next step, Bed! Boys in one room, Anna on her own (this is essential- she is too easy for Alex to use as his instrument of destruction and too noisy to share with Benji). Once everyone was in bed (not asleep), Sam and I began our evening of relaxation (me on the blog, him on the ps3). We knew Anna was awake but thought, well, at least she's quiet. The boys were playing quite loudly, but as there was no crying, I also just let it go...
At about 8:45pm, Alex starts shouting, I can't see! That's the point, I shout back, now, go to sleep. Alex continued shouting, so we told him to come in the lounge- so we could let him know just how much trouble he was going to be in if he woke his brother... But he is awake, was his reply, and sure enough Benji calls out from the bedroom. Well Alex, bad luck, you can just stay in there with your screaming brother until he decides to fall asleep. So the boys are back in the room together, playing, with the door open. A little after 9:00pm, I hear a third voice in the mix...
Anna! She has snuck out of her room and into her brothers'. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that they're close, that they love being together, but enough is enough. I'm tired, Sam's tired, they're tired- they need to go to sleep. I get up and go to tell Anna off- as I enter their room, I notice that all three kids are in Benj's cot (no wonder he is so happy!) The room is upside down (how predictable) and Benj's cot has been stripped of bedding. Well, back to the usual process, pick up Ben (cos as soon as he sees the milk machine aka me, he starts screaming and aggressively scratching me as he tries to climb up my arm), then proceed to lift both of the trouble makers out of the cot. Put Anna back in her room in the dark then sit in rocking chair with Ben, trying to settle him without feeding. Anna is yelling for a drink of water, Sam gets her one, goes in her room, switches on the light... Bec, you need to see this...
It is now 9:30pm or there about... We've just discovered what Anna was doing between about 7:30 and 8:45... And it ain't pretty! There are tea bags torn open and emptied on her floor, mixed with desiccated coconut. A few tins of tuna are neatly positioned on the spare bed to complete her pro hart-esque masterpiece. Anna, the artist? She is definitely the one who keeps us on our toes as she discovers new weird and wonderful ways of driving us crazy! Well, she can help clean that up tomorrow because I can't be bothered tonight- instead, I'll just take some pictures for my blog, feed my baby to sleep (cos I've given up) and hope that tomorrow night is better.. Oh wait, tomorrow is NYE- maybe I'll just wait til next year :/
Oh, and when we went in our room for bed, we discovered another box of tea strewn all over the floor... Lesson: do not but tea in bulk :/
ReplyDeleteWell one thing I know is that Pistor's do like their tea :)
ReplyDeleteSo cheeky, but very very cute too! Maybe she was just wanting to prepare a high antioxidant breakfast in bed for you and Sam! :)