Twin Trouble

You never really know what they day is going to bring with your children from one to the next.  You do the best that you can by providing a regular routine and plenty of sleep, but every once in a while they just wake up and decide they are going to be trouble for the day.

For instance, Chloe woke up yesterday and you could just see it in that stubborn little face of hers that she was in no mood to cooperate.  This is really my fault for posting in my last blog that we were noticing the light at the end of tunnel.  Chloe did not want to eat, she did not want Abby or Lily anywhere near her, she did not want Abby to even look at her, and when any of these things happened she let it be known that she did not like it.  Of course sisters being the loving and kind sisters that they are instinctively pick up on the sour mood Chloe is in and begin poking and prodding the monster.  If Chloe did not want Abby close to her, then Abby would snuggle up to her.  If she did not want Lily to touch her cup, then Lily moved her cup.  And this was just the start of the morning. 

Now all the kids love to get out of the house, but especially Abby and Chloe because they do not go to daycare and they can become a little stir crazy.  We have to be cognisant of this and make sure we plan something for them to do out of the house.  Yesterday was a trip to the mall with Mommy and Ms. Lauren, which they love to do because they have a play area there, they usually get to eat lunch while they are there, and they can generally run around expending some energy.  Apparently yesterday that energy was stored up for some tempor tantrums to be thrown, and I'm not just talking from Chloe, but rather all of them.  The way it was explained to me is that Chloe was on the ground throwing a fit, Abby was ticked off at Lily about something and attacked her so they were both screaming, and Lawson Boy was hungry.  Similar to never feed a gremlin after midnight, you don't let the Lawson Boy get hungry.  Ms. Lauren said it best, "Abby and Chloe just don't seem in sync today."  That was an understatement. 

By the time I got home, I could tell Mommy was done with the heathens and needed a little break.  Problem is they can pick up on that too and then give you anything but a break.  Due to a lack of nap, we were able to get them down early and survive the day. 

Let's hope today is a little better since we will all be in the car together for 5 hours.......my head hurts just thinking about it.

Jeff, Kasey, Lily, Abby, Chloe and The Bottomless Pit