If you can't beat em, but want to, join em !

And what I mean by that is this.....

He was squirting water with his teeth all over me and the walls and the tub.   He thought this was hilarious.



I love this picture....Ryan is pouring and Nathan is cleaning :)

This was not how I had expected to feel.   I'm not enjoying myself.

I'm outa here !

He was so absolutely thrilled by all of this mess

Ryan spilled poured a bowl of 1/2 eaten cereal into another bowl of 1/2 eaten cereal on my kitchen table.    He missed.   He also ate 1/2 of his big brothers cupcake that they got at pre school.  The boys did share them with the babies.  but it was still all over the place.   THAT'S WHEN IT CAME TO ME.

I took him to the tub and started handing him the things that he loved to get into the most :

The cereal bowls (might as well finish them off)

Spray bottle (it's water, I use it to wet down the boys hair)

Toothpaste 

Syrup

Pump Soap

Baby Lotion

an Egg

Water bottle

Shaving cream

Wet wipes

Nathan joined his brother and fanatically cleaned the whole time and then wanted out.  

Ryan played for over an hour.   He didn't look at the camera more than 3 times because he was so focused on what he was doing.   He was in HEAVEN.   I asked him several times if he was ready to get out and he would say very sternly, "No!"

This brings tears to my eyes.  actual tears people.  
This picture is simply titled "Love" ! 
Because you see, my love is in it, and she's putting up a gate that I love. and that makes me love her more and also she loves me and that's why she's putting it up at 11 pm Tuesday night.
We may be slow people, but we's not so stupid.  
I don't know WHY we haven't just done this a million years ago.
This gate is a miracle.   I can lock them downstairs.....OR.  OR OR OR OR....I can swivel that sucker around and lock them JUST out of the kitchen.   WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO !
I don't know what I'll do with myself.  
My stomach is all tickley and jumpy right now I'm just so damn happy.  
That could really be the huge glass of wine I had tonight.  a huge glass of wine because the big kids want to play with the new gate and whildst playing let the babies in my kitchen.  hmm ?

Let's take a vote.   How long do you think this gate will in fact keep the babies confined before it's either broken, they learn to climb it or they learn how to open it ?
Anyone ? Anyone ?

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