So she got a chill out quiet time on the couch.
And pretty soon those two [that can not stop aggravating each other] were trying to make each other laugh from couch to chair.
I sat trying to work, while watching over their chill out quiet time, SO FRUSTRATED LET ME TELL YOU but yet so heart bursting at the seams.
This is just the younger two. Mix in the two bigs that know the art of mind control and manipulation and oh the tears, the fighting, the screeching like a girl (they're boys). In a fit of I've had it! I took away the Wii for the week.
And today is the first day of spring break.
We'll be forcing ourselves to have a lot of chill out quiet time and I'm kind of looking forward to it.
Reminds me of the time I came home from work and you and Nate were going at it with weapons. It's part of sibling rivalry but it too shall pass. While watching Ivy and Gray Friday I noticed that she likes to pester her brother and he was really good about taking it from her, but I would make her hug and say she was sorry. I had to hide my smile because it was so cute.
ReplyDeleteHoping you guys have a safe and "chill" spring break. :-)
ReplyDeleteMy two are 8 months and 21 months and already make each other giggle uncontrollably so I can only imagine what it will be like when they are older and in "trouble". Hope spring break goes quickly for you and is peaceful :)
ReplyDeleteWe're at the tail end of our spring break (Roo resumes kindergarten tomorrow) so I totally hear you. I can't begin to count the number of times I shouted "just don't touch each other!" this past week. Ack.
ReplyDeleteHope you have some nice, sunny, make-them-go-outside weather this week!
I SO remember doing that with my brother. We would both get in trouble and get sent to our rooms for fighting. Then we were instant allies - sending notes down the hallway to each other in racecars, lifting our screens to peek out the windows to talk, sneaking walkie talkies into our rooms in advance of getting in trouble so we would have them to use... my mom used to get so frustrated too. :)
ReplyDeleteMy brother and I are extremely close and very good friends now though. A bond formed in trouble-making! :)
Hope your spring break gets a little more peaceful!
We're having one of those days here, too. I am thinking of sending each of the kids to a different friend's house for the afternoon! :)
ReplyDeletethey ALWAYS make each other laugh then when they're in trouble for making each other cry. ::sigh::
ReplyDeletei cannot remember the last time we used our Wii. it is amazing how much we don't miss it. i really do wonder why we have a television. i just want one to work with a VCR. yep, i said VCR.
Ha! The start to your Spring Break sounds a whole lot like how mine started last week! Ours ended great and everybody got along the last couple of days, so there's hope for y'all!!! j/j
ReplyDeleteI'm sure y'all will have a great fun filled Spring Break!!!
Ha! My 2.5 year old and my 7 montho old had THEIR first fight today. All over a football. They were sent to their separate "corners."
ReplyDeleteI bet you will have a great break....just remind them that's it only a week...it could be longer if they don't appreciate it's only a week!
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
As one of 4, this is unsurprising in the least. And it's pretty common. My grandmother when she was little (and she's one of 4 as well) chased her oldest brother around the house with a butcher knife because he was quoting from her diary! When the older kids lectured her and said they were telling her parents, she sat on the front steps crying and saying, 'You go ahead and tell mama and daddy and they'll kill me. Then you'll be sorry." Siblings!
ReplyDeleteFirst day of Spring Break too and fingers crossed they aren't fighting all week.
ReplyDeleteA two year and a nine year old sometimes don't mix well. (As you know)
Ha! I love how my older girls will be at each other, and as soon as I separate them they are completely bummed about it. They cannot leave each other alone, but their love for one another is deep. It's sweet.
ReplyDeleteOh the joys of sibling rivalry. While it does push my buttons, I do love watching the dynamics involved between my three girls.
ReplyDeleteOn a side note.... my mom used to sit my brother and I on opposite sides of the couch and we had to sit there until we hugged, said we were sorry and said we loved each other. Um, I believe there were times we were there at least an hour. LOL. Guess our pride won out over just sucking it up and hugging it out.
~Michelle
Steph, I just have to say that I always leave your space feeling better. I love your photos and the way you think and how you say things.
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to remind you.
~me
Holy. Cow. Can I relate.
ReplyDeleteTeyla and Connor, in particular, are either the best of friends or the worst of enemies lately.
I can so relate... mine seem to be like magnets, strongly pulled together but forcing energy off each other from time to time...
ReplyDeleteHope you guys have a wonderful spring break :)
Sometimes quiet time is the best. However, it cracks me up to see that they were trying to make each other laugh while in "time out".
ReplyDeleteIsn't it so hard when they're picking at each other, then loving on each other, before you get a chance to "adjust" your stress level?
ReplyDeleteMine will say, "Look, we're better now." And I'll reply with, "but Mommy needs a few more minutes..."
Heehee. That's my two youngers, too. Best friends/worst enemies.
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha!! It sounds like my kids. Big Brother and Big Sister will get into it all the time. There are days when it is constant. And it DRIVES ME CRAZY. So, I tell Big Brother to go play in the other room or I send Big Sister to build with her blocks and then all of a sudden the other child is standing in the doorway and they are laughing at each other. I may have to take a que from you though. I rarely hold Big Sister accountable - I need to do that more.
ReplyDeletemine, too, and HOW! the 4yo just took himself to the timeout place on the stairs after punching the 3yo in the teeth. it was a happy-sad moment.
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah. I get this. I just blogged about something similar over the weekend. Sibling"ness" is so maddening and beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHope you all are having a sunshiny spring break.
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I can't believe this whole time I wasn't following you! Well, I am now!Oh, and totally remember that with my sis growing up!
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Love that photo. And have I ever told you that I really like the name Gray? I do.
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So cute! I can't get over how Ivy is such a big girl now. She can hold her own with a house full of brothers. Love it.
ReplyDeleteOurs are 28 months and 5 months. Our 28 month old can make our 5 month old giggle uncontrolably just by jumping up and down on the bed.
ReplyDeleteGive it a year or two and they'll be ganging up on us; me and hubby won't have a chance...