Hangin around the house

We purchased new bunk beds for the children's bedroom.  This hall bedroom has a queen bed and now the bunk beds.  The stairs up are so cool because each one is a drawer!  I must admit that these little hooligans let their creativity get away from them.  You can imagine my first rule...NO JUMPING from the top bunk to the queen bed!  I do believe they followed that rule, however they had to take off all the mattresses and bedding and build forts...I know, I know that is part of the fun, but really???  So I had to say, NO moving the mattresses, do what you want with the blankets.  Well, I believe those instructions landed on deaf ears!  While the top mattress was askew (if not missing!) a slat was broken....yes, so disappointing.  However it was a pretty easy fix for Papa, so we just asked that they NOT remove the mattresses.  This was the first time when we have all been together that all three older children got along fabulously.  It was so nice for all of us...must be growing up, ya think?

Now for the next story, I do NOT have a picture, and I really could just kick myself for not grabbing the camera, but you will realize why I had other things on my mind than a camera....So Lacey, Aaron, Tristan and myself were outside digging up a big plant that I wanted removed.  Dina was in the house making lunch to bring with us to the pool, the older kids were doing something in the bedroom.  Two toddlers were around and about.  After a bit I came in to rock Tristan, shortly Aaron came in to say they were all done digging out that plant.  I had just heard a noise that sounded like water, so I say to Aaron,  "Can you go into your bathroom and check it out I think I hear something that I should NOT be hearing!"  So he goes into his room and announces that no one is in there!  So we both say at the same time, better check the Master Bath!!  Aaron goes in there (cause I almost have Tristan asleep) and Aaron yells, "OH MA, we have a major problem in here!"  I knew I didn't like the sound I was hearing!!  So I go in as quickly as I can and naturally Tristan is awake and OMG!!! the whole bathroom is FLOODED!  I mean, seriously flooded, and this room is probably 10 x 6 and the water was into the bedroom carpet another two feet, and then into the toilet room!

Those two little toddlers decided to go swimming in the bath tub!  They had their clothes on and were just having a grand time all the while the water is flowing over the top of the tub (and this is one of those deep kind of bathtubs!!)  All the adults start grabbing towels to soak up the water, we get the kids out of the tub, screaming cause they wanted to stay and swim some more and we send them out of the room!  Addie turns around and comes back into the bathroom and says, "What happened, Mama?"  We all burst out laughing!  What happened indeed!  Addie and Jalen is what happened!

I could go on with more stories about those two..it was endless.  They loved all the rocks out in the yard and had a grand time throwing them all over the patio.  At one point when Jalen was about ready to dump rocks near the sliding glass door I heard Addie say, "Jalen Jack, blksiodjvnskdioejksdljal!!!!  (In other words, it sounded like greek to me, but I think she was telling him, DO NOT DUMP THOSE ROCKS RIGHT THERE!)  He of course had to YELL back, "NOOOOOO!!!"  And she countered with, "YEEESSSSSS!!!"
He yelled louder, NOO and she topped him with another YEES and on it went until there were tears!  Yes, that is pretty much how the week went...yelling and then tears.  We were happy to send them home and receive our next house guests...the first generation who goes to bed at 7:30 pm and doesn't yell and bicker or fight with each other!!  LOL