I think my boys may be berserkers

Things you should probably know just so you feel better about your life.

- My son peed in the garbage can at school. I won't name names since this could prevent him from getting into college, but I think you know which one.

- A different son started saying Bitch, Bitch, Bitch last night. When I asked why he was saying it, I was informed because he wanted to practice it. Nice.  Then a different son said he knew how to make that word even worse. I think my brain just exploded.

- In the parking lot of the grocery store the oldest one, and the one who should of course know better, grabbed a rock, made eye contact with a driver, and then brought his arm back like he was going to throw it. He didn't, and I feel about 80% confident in saying that he never planned to. The driver was not amused.

- If you have ever watched Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood you know he says- Ugga Mugga. I have a child who has made this his eye rolling mantra when he feels frustration and like the man (aka- his mom and dad) are holding him down. I now hate Daniel Tiger.

-I wanted to take a picture of my dinner table but couldn't find my camera. It so clearly depicts the way our whole house looks. There are play dough containers/play dough chunks, food, toys, books, clothes, drinks, spilled stuff that I don't even know what it is, pens, pencils, and bags all over it. It is just one table and it isn't even huge, but all this stuff is just piled up. It is what our whole house looks like-every single room- I promise. I am scared to set Meg down for fear I won't be able to find her under all the mess.

-Even our dog, who is already crazy, acted extra crazy. I was watching this little video I took of the boys and in the background you can hear Tigran whimpering because he wants to go outside. Well, Tigran hears this and just goes berserk running around the living room, barking, and getting all out of breath. I just sighed and said- Tigran you are barking at yourself. I know you are getting old, but really.

-I feel as though I haven't paid any attention to my blond baby boy. He is full of his own quirks. Like he has to have things just a certain way. He needs his pillow with the Christmas pillowcase, he needs the pillow case placed over the pillow so that the zipper from the allergy cover is sticking out and accessible, and he needs the open part of the pillow case facing the outside of his bed because he likes to put his right hand in there while sleeping on his stomach. This is an absolute must. There is no wiggle room. Somehow he managed to get his pillowcase off his pillow very early in the morning when I wasn't about to wake up for any reason. The whole just go to bed thing did not work. However, throwing himself on the floor with pillowcase in one hand and pillow in the other crying and sobbing until he was snotty nose nasty-did work. This happened another time recently and Jack offered to put the pillow case on but he doesn't know the specific rules so this just made Thomas extra mad. Now Mommy is the only one allowed to do it. Yay for me.

-He also likes to taunt cars like his older brother. When a car drives in the parking lot behind us he will either use his hands as blasters and blast the cars as they drive by or will grab one or two large sticks and shoot the car as it drives by. I need to add that he doesn't just stand still. No, he runs the length of the green yard chasing the car and he gets as close to the parking lot as he can. Yelling at the car is an added bonus.

-I learned, by watching my son, that if you are at the grocery store in your martial arts clothing and run down the aisle then drop down to your knees that you actually slide quite far.

-Luke's favorite thing to do, or so it seems, is to poke his sister's eyes, squeeze her mouth, put his finger in her nose or her mouth, and squeeze her arm. He doesn't do it out of anger or dislike of his sister, it is more like curiosity or that he feels so much love he doesn't know what to do with it. He gets sent to time out for these offenses and he just sobs the entire time. You feel so guilty, but then he just can't stop himself and the next time he is next to her he does it again.

So there you go. Life with the boys is never dull.