Babysitting and Bunco...

As you all know, I am home schooling Jack and Alexis this year. It is going really well and we are enjoying being together. Yesterday was a little extra fun because I had to keep my nephew's oldest child, Colton (17 months old). He and Jonathan played in the sun room while I was teaching Jack and Alexis in the dinning room (which opens into the sun room, so I can see the boys playing). J and A were complaining because the boys were banging with the little toy tool set. I had just said "oh they are playing so good with each other - let's leave them alone and you guys try to concentrate on mom" Just then there was a huge bang! Jonathan and Colton had managed to pull the door facing off with the little plastic tool set!!! Colton just stood there so proud and Jonathan started saying "Oh no, I'm going to time out!" I just laughed! The thought of these two little guys working so hard on this project for 30 mins and finally accomplishing their goal of yanking the wood trim right off the wall - it was funny! I tried not to laugh in front of because he has already pulled the trim off once before. Little turkey!

Once my nephew pick up Colton late in the afternoon, I took the kids up to my Mother-in-Laws. She had offered to keep them while I went to my Bunco game last night. Josh was going to pick them up on his way home from the office... so I was off with my girlfriends to the Habitat For Humanity Women Build Bunco game! Unfortunately, only 4 of us from the Gainesville Bunco group could make it to this big game, but we had a blast! Jane and I were partners and I have to say we didn't do so good in the game - we did get BUNCO once, so we got lovely pink feather boas. Muffy and Stephanie made it much further in the game, but they were robbed of the winners title. A few of us won door prizes. Stephanie won a beautiful necklace, Jane won a basket of something (still not sure what in the world it is), I won a piece of artwork and I am not a liberty to say if Muffy won something or not! :)
Here we are with our Boas and Bunco rings. From left to right: Muffy, Stephanie, Me and Jane.

I was home by 9:45 and I was so proud when we pulled in the driveway and all the lights were out (except for Alexis' room - she always has a light on!). I told Jane that either Josh forgot to pick the kids up or he actually managed to get them in the bed without me!! I tiptoed in the house and barley made it through the sun room before Jack and Alexis can running down the stairs yelling "mommy, your home" as if I had been gone for years - then they said "come quick the toilet is running over!" That is NOT what I wanted to hear! I asked why they didn't tell Daddy and they said that they did not want to wake him up! Good Grief! So I ran upstairs to take care of it. I asked how it happened and Alexis said Jonathan did it! Jonathan was in his bed with his PJ's and covers on him as if nothing had happened, so I though surly he didn't do this! Then I pulled back his covers... he was wet with toilet paper stuck to him here and there! I asked him if he did something to the potty. At first he said no, I explained that no matter what he shouldn't lie. If he did it - he needed to tell the truth. He confessed - He put an entire roll of toilet paper and a box of Puffs tissue in the potty! Then he tried to get rid of the evidence by flushing the potty! He said he was trying to blow his nose! I spent the next 30 mins cleaning up the mess and asked him to help me. I hope he never tries this one again - I do not like messing with the potty! YUCK!

Once everything was clean and all the children were tucked in AGAIN (Josh thought they were in the bed hours ago!) I went downstairs and woke Josh up. I explained what had happened.
He just laughed and went back to sleep... if only it were that easy for the moms!