Last week (I don't remember what day, it was a long week!) I ran upstairs to grab a few bills that needed to be paid. By the time I got back downstairs 3 boys had climbed onto chairs and even onto the table to get to a plate of cookies brought by my good friend Donna. They all had a mouth FULL of cookies. Aiden even had a mouth full of nuts (I guess now we know he's not allergic). I did what any mom would do. I took a picture.
(Note how they smiled, clearly thinking they had done nothing wrong)
Another day they knocked over the rocking chair and played on it (they did it this morning too). I don't put the chair back into place until they take a nap. They climb on everything in sight! This includes their kitchen, toys they use to climb onto other things, furniture, and the list goes on. We had to start stacking our chairs in a corner so that they would stop pushing them to the counter to get things. Monday Noah pushed a chair to the counter and grabbed cookies that our neighbor brought them. When I ran over to stop them to all ran in different directions and chowed down on their cookies. They are too stinking smart. I couldn't believe they knew to scatter. They run away from me ALL THE TIME. If they see me grab a kleenex, diapers, clothes or anything else they don't want to see they run.
Last night was the kicker. We were getting ready to go to bed and I was turning the heat down. We have a thermostat for each "level" of our house. I was turning down the one for the living room/kitchen level and noticed why we had been so warm all night. Noah turned it up to over 86!! How do I know it was Noah? I have caught him MANY times climbing onto the couch and then onto the back of the couch to get things off of the dresser behind it. He must have turned it up while climbing on the back of the couch. Thankfully we laugh about these things. Sure, I get pretty frustrated when these things are happening. It's hard to get anything done, even make lunch when you know at least one is up to no good. Believe me they usually work as a team to accomplish things. I try to see that as a good thing, that at least they're working together. Most of the time I just want to pull my hair out. It takes a while before it's funny.
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