The Calamity

When I started this blog, I decided on naming it crazy four boys because life with four boys is definitely crazy but we are also crazy over our four boys.  Here is a little glimpse of some of the unglamorous calamity when life is crazy with boys.

3:25  Houston and Hayes get home from school.
3:28  Holt starts fussing for a bottle.  I begin running the water in the coffee pot to heat a bottle.
3:29  Hawkins starts tearing into a set of barn-themed Moon Dough on the kitchen table.  They had received it for Christmas and until this point, we had not opened it.  Anticipating it to be cleaner than Play-Doh, based on what I've seen of the commercials, I decide to let him continue.  Besides, I am halfway pre-occupied with finished some minor household chores while waiting on the bottle.
3:30 1/2  Hayes joins in on Hawkins' fun and Houston has begun playing with Magic cards also on the kitchen table.
3:34  The moon dough packaging had been torn open and Hayes and Hawkins were working out how to fit all the pieces together to make it work.  Houston, witnessing how much fun they were having and also seeing their struggle, attempts to "help".  Hawkins saw this more as a threat and began fussing at him.  Houston and Hawkins commence arguing.
3:35  Holt is still fussing for his not-yet-warm-enough bottle.
3:35 1/2  I head over to resolve the kitchen table crisis.  Houston is cradling the barn, which is jammed, trying to repair it while Hawkins is crying and fighting with him to return his toy.  As I get to the table, I see moon dough scattered across the table, the chairs, and the floor.  Okay, so original verdict on moon dough incorrect.
3:36  I keep my composure while refraining from a total urge to freak out over the mess before me.  I can foresee the moon dough being crushed into the grout.  I determine it best to hold off on the moon dough since I will soon be incapacitated feeding a screaming baby.  Obviously, they require assistance or referee-ing at the very least, so I ask all the kids to step away.
3:36 1/2  Hawkins starts balling again over having to leave his toy.  I find out later, Hayes heads to the restroom.
3:37  Holt is getting increasingly angry and I begin cleaning up the million shreds of moon dough sprinkled across my kitchen.
3:43  I sit down with Holt and begin feeding him a bottle.  Ah.  A little quiet again to settle my nerves.
3:44  Scratch that.  Houston and Hawkins begin arguing just for the sake of arguing.  Whatever Houston says, Hawkins feels as though he must automatically disagree and then Houston, knowing he is right, feels the need to correct him.  The simple yet annoying case of "no it's not" versus "yes it is".
3:46  Reprimand the argumentative children and send them on their seperate ways.
3:49  Hawkins comes to tell me that Hayes made a mess in the bathroom.  Houston: "No he didn't!"  Arguing commences.
3:49 1/2  Realizing he has not been heard from in quite some time, I holler for Hayes.  From his answer, I can tell he is in the bathroom.  "I accidentally made a mess in the bathroom" he yells back to me.  "Is it number 1 or number 2?" I question.  Fortunately, it is just pee.
3:50  Houston runs in the room to inform me that Hayes has indeed made a mess in the bathroom and has used an entire roll of toilet paper in efforts to clean the pee off the floor.
3:50 1/2  Horrible mental picture of the situation in the bathroom.
3:51  Still feeding Holt, I send Houston in with a towel and specific instructions to only use feet to swirl it around.
3:55  Hayes and Houston emerge from the bathroom and I deem it unsafe to use until Dad comes home.

I never even asked Hayes, my child who has now been potty trained for three years, how pee ended up all over the bathroom.  Some things inquiring minds do not want to know.