This is an older post I forgot to post (saved but not posted) It was written on Wednesday the 26th.

The had door slamming contests.... over and over again.. they wouldn't stop!

They couldn't use the playroom because they shredded the Styrofoam (apparently to make snow)and its was ALL over the place.. in the toy bins... stuck everywhere.

Owen got rough and slammed his head into my occipital bone... which slammed the edge of my thick glasses into it.... and I teared immediately and I thought it was gushing blood. It's now swollen and i might have a black & blue for Thanksgiving.. ya me!

And the screeching.. Oh my gosh - I think my ears are bleeding again!

So the kids "vacation" starts for them today.. they are off for 11 days.. then go back for 2 weeks then off for another 2 weeks! Wonderful for the kids - MAJOR stress for me...

They woke up and were raring to go by 6:45 this morning. Not terrible if Tom had already left for work (he was still here) an I didn't attempt to wake up early to get some work done on the computer.... so hat went out to the window. I begged them to go back in their room and watch TV... they did but with fighting. Then they were good for about an hour... now it started.. Hunter is a super whineball... Cole won't share his magazine (which I guess is my stupidity because I took a Good Guys car magazine out of the draw because Cole loves cars... now Hunt wants to see it, but Cole is being mean which leads to whining and screaming). It's not even 9:30 and my head feels like it's gong to explode and my ears are gonna gush blood.

And I have more the 10 days let? NO!!!!!!!!!

Yup - It's official... Owen took his 1st step on Friday, the 21st of November! He is just over 9 months old! I'm a super proud Momma bay and I know I should hold onto this baby since it's probably my last but.... I am excited (as always) to have a walking kiddo! I mean... he's not a walker yet... but he's on his way... Maybe by Christmas!

So I moved the Step2 Lifestyle Deluxe Kitchen like I do every year from downstairs to upstairs.... Only thing is, i must have had help in the past b/c I never remember it being so darn heavy! So I single handed dragged the kitchen from the downstairs butler's nook to the upstairs play room (I do it ever Christmas). Wow... Either I am THAT weak or it is THAT heavy... who would have thought hallow plastic card weigh so freakin' much!?!?! It must be those "granite" counter tops!

Ok - I had to look it up on the Step2 site... http://www.step2.com/product.cfm?product_id=1218 - it's 70 pounds and quite awkward to carry - especially when you're only 5'2"!

ANY time I try and clean, hell breaks lose. They scream, they fight, they bite each other, slam toys into each others heads, fight over even minuscule toy (which is funny b/c they have WAY too many toys as is). So I attempt o clean the bonus room (which is the upstairs play room with the most toys) and I cant... they keep fighting and screaming and being nasty.... It never eds.... This is why my house looks like this... between Owen hating me doing dishes and laundry and the other 2 always fighting whenever I try and straighten up.. how can it EVER look nice?

I seriously don't understand how someone so freakin' smart can be so clueless as to how I feel. I mean, I know he has issues with subtlety but I have NOT been subtle. He thinks everything is fine... yeah right! Last night, in the middle of the night, he tried to wake me up (I was actually the one who woke him up - I was thirsty so I got up to a drink and came back to bed which is what woke him up in order to wake me up) for 'ya know'. I was soooo not having that! Besides the fact that I had so serious intestinal malfunction going on last night, I was still holding a grudge and sex certainly was not gonna make things any better. MEN!

Owen falls asleep (late for his nap).. phone rings and wakes him up, then again then again... I finally think phone tag is over and he is asleep again.. then the doorbell rings (i was NOT expecting anyone so I didn't put out my "Do Not Ring Doorbell - Baby Napping" sign out. So Owen world up and wont go back...

Then Hunter slept for 5 minutes on the way home from school and wont' nap...

God, I hope Tom aint' late today because this is gonna be one super cranky house in a few short hours!

PLUS - i swear they know when I want to do something.... now that no one will nap, there is so much less I can do! UGH!

So I made sure to get home by 6:30 so I could have dinner made for Tommy (the boys ate over at Aunt Maureen's). Well.... come to find out, Tom left me an IM at around 4 saying he was "grabbing a few beers with guys from work". O I was annoyed he didnt call my cell since I never answered him. So he got home after 9:30! Ugh! He kept falling asleep during the TV show (which was Bones that was TiVo'd). I kept telling him to get to bed. I shut everything off downstairs and he came into bed by 10:30.. I laid there and I just wanted to scream and cry... so I got up and wen tot do laundry. I was closed in that room and crying.. so I wrote a note... explaining how tired I was of this and that and how he makes me fell. But me being me, I am gutless, and I left it there knowing he'd never see it, and it was more for me to vent then for him to read (although if he read it that would have been nice). So after my 1/2 hour-plus of crying, I folded laundry (lots) and then proceeded to clean the kitchen.. not straighten up but clean.

When my mom waled in to get the boys for school today she said, "what'd ya do? stay up all night and clean?".... I kinda did.. I went to bed at 1am which is WAY late for me.

ANyway.. that's done.. and I am almost done hand SCRUBBING (I mean pouring a certain liquid on a small area and scrubbing the old gook off all my hardwood floors) the floors.... Hopefully i can decorate for Christmas this weekend... I am sooooo behind!

So far its been quite nice today.... Granted they had school but still..... In-laws left at 9:30am.... I have since cleaned a bit, steam cleaned the Living Room carpet (which had lots of stains and now looks nice), and did 2 client projects that are now almost complete.. So I was productive and no yelling yet... not bad...

Hunter only napped on the way home from school so we got the rest of the day to turn into hell-on-wheels....

I thought I had 36 hours to clean... turned out I had 12 which included 2 hours of getting kids ready for school and then 2 hours at the doctor for Owen's well-check. SO yeah... it was being cleaned until push-came-to-shove and I did just that... shoved things in bins and shoved them in our closets!

Kids were up late last night with their Grandma & DziaDzia so they are just waking now... I got up still at 6:30 to do some PC stuff since i get less done when they are here.

The boys are now up before 7am.. usually by 6:30. I wouldn't care so much if I wasn't in an effort to keep them upstairs while Tom sneaks out (he leaves 10 to 7)... if they see/hear Daddy and then he leaves, its just horrible here. Daddy is their world for some reason.

So the boys are up and active at 6:30 this morning.. stayed up until almost 7 (I got them to stay in their room while its still dark out). They come down demanding things. I make breakfast and after they eat they get their juice. Cole is playing with Speak-&-Spell (was Tom's when he was a kid) and Hunter is playing with a truck. Coil decides he wants that truck. I knew Hunter was playing with it so i said something.. not even a yell... Cole screams, slams the toy on the floor and cries (Fake cry sorta thing). I freak because the baby was so close to him and that toy is HEAVY! I yelled how someone could have gotten hurt and he should NEVER throw a toy. He gets mad at me (surprise, surprise). He cries. I tell him he needs to take a time out and relax and sit on the couch. He says, "no" in the snottiest way! I cant STAND being told "no" by him. So as he knows by now, you piss me of and then back-talk.. you're in trouble. So, I smack his mouth (its kinda like a pop and it doesn't hurt more then annoy the hell out of him band actually grab his attention).

It's just ALWAYS a fight! they haven't' even been in my presence for 2 hours and I have had enough ... yay for preschool! I cant wait for all-day Kindergarten in 8 more months!

At least Owen is still good... for now!

Wow - it has been 2-1/2 months! Yes life has been that hectic. Let's see how much I can blog now.. haha