Owenism

After a 1.5 hour fit, Owen is sitting at the kitchen table eating his lunch. He asks, "Mom, can I have some chips?"

"No. Eat your lunch."

"Please...!"

"No."

"Why not Mama?"

"Because you just screamed your head off."

"I didn't Mama!"

"Yes you did."

"No, Mama, I DIDN'T!"

"Owen, you've been throwing a fit for the last hour and a half!"

"I know but," he reaches up and smacks his head on both sides, "it's still attached!"

Short-bus special

So this morning I'm talking at the kids about what we might be able to do today and I mention playgroup. Talking out loud, I wondered if they are closed for spring break. Rhianna and Owen, hearing me, but no longer involved in the conversation, have the following discourse: Rhianna: What do think you do on spring break? Owen (in a very serious "duh" sort of tone): Break stuff. So that set the tone for the day and overall, the day was just fine. The only major trouble has been the fight for the bathroom. I ask them to go and they race to the toilet and someone inevitably ends up crying. Anyway, at a certain point this evening, I tell them to go upstairs and start getting ready for bed while I get Isaac's milk ready. Dave is the first to get to the kids and as I reach the top of the stairs, Owen is yelling, "Rhianna got pee on her bottom." ...Ok...? I proceed to give Isaac his milk and put him down while hearing David saying something like, "We do NOT pee on our sister!" Hmm. So, it turns out they decided to "teamwork" the bathrooming. Thinking it would be the most efficient way to go to the bathroom without fighting, my darling little children shared. Yes, Rhianna sat while Owen stood. And, well, you can fill in the rest (and now it makes sense how Rhianna "got" pee on her bottom. Just another night in paradise folks. But seriously, what am I to do. I can't show them I'm laughing or they will do it again. I can't really punish them because they were, after all, just trying to come up with a way to make this efficient and fight-free. I told them that bathroom time is private time but I just couldn't keep a straight face long enough to say that it's inappropriate to share a toilet. How was YOUR Monday?