We Survived

Barely. Wow, I am so tired and just worn out! I am fairly certain that I could now try out for the show Survivor and be fine no matter where they sent us.... The baby (23 month-old) Jess, was perfect. She could not have been better. Annelise "mommied" her and they were so sweet. I put her to bed at 8 pm Friday night, she told me night-night and she didn't make another peep. Now, her sister, Reagan, and my Emmaline were the total opposite. They were like the demonic duo or something. Total defiance towards me and B and just as wild as they could be. We almost lost our minds with them. Reagan spilled something every hour, and at every meal she managed to get a ton of food in her hair. She and Emmaline drug out every toy and every what-not in the entire house- which is already a mess with all the stuff we are storing for our next house. Reagan tore up Emmaline's lamp on her bedside table (which she has had since she was born) by ripping all the flowers off of the base. We told them to stop jumping on the bed and the minute we would leave the room, we would hear them doing it again. Insert scream here. They were really mean to Annelise and didn't want her to play with them, but absolutely destroyed her room. You get the idea. On Saturday morning, either Jess or Reagan woke up at 5:45 am and started screaming, which of course woke up everyone in the house. They were so tired the rest of the day that they just cried about everything from then on. It was so bad, that I did not allow my girls to go with my mother when she came to get my neices at 4:30 Saturday afternoon. I didn't want her having to deal with what I had dealt with and I also needed for my 2 to be in the bed on time that night. Now y'all know it was bad if I was willing to give up a kid-less night! We were all just totally exhausted last night and went to bed and slept like bears. (After falling asleep several times during football games during the evening. ) We went to church this morning and now we are just all doing our own thing in the house and we will have family night tonight (a game and a movie). There is so much I need to get done, but I am just too tired to get off the couch..... After all is said and done, though, I love my daughters and neices so much and they did make me laugh a lot this week-end. They are precious. I am also glad my sister got to have a girls weekend with her bff- she doesn't get to go out much with her friends and she had a great time. I am also glad that after this weekend, taking care of just my 2 seems so easy! Well, off to figure out the game for tonight and decide what to throw together for dinner. I'll tackle the house tomorrow...... :0)