No wonder they're so tired at night. Beating the cr@p out of each other all day every day will really wear a guy out.

Daycare & preschool are closed today and yesterday. Yesterday was Mr. Plain’s turn to stay home with the monkeys, and today it’s mine. I have a couple of questions.

  1. How do kids who really only eat about 1.2 meals a day have so much energy?
  2. With an (allegedly) finite amount of energy, why would they choose use it against each other? Don’t they know that if they worked together against me they would reign victorious? All they’d need to keep me around for would be driving and opening yogurt tubes.
  3. I couldn’t let them outside earlier today because there was someone wielding a pick-axe in the back yard. All they did was beg and beg to go out there. The pick-axer is done now and all they want to do is come inside and play with their Leapsters. WHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYY?
  4. Whose brilliant idea was “in-service days” at schools? What a scam. You know all the teachers are just sitting around eating doughnuts and gossiping about how this year’s parents are even crazier than last year’s.

I had all these great plans for today. I was going to get so much done! Hmmm. It is after 4pm and I’ve pretty much done nothing. I’d better see if I can find my list somewhere…


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6 responses to “No wonder they're so tired at night. Beating the cr@p out of each other all day every day will really wear a guy out.”

  1. Ivy Avatar

    I hate “in-service” days, too. Ugh. I’ve even TOLD my kids they could work together to defeat me, but they just have to get along first and they STILL fight against each other. Ay yi yi.

  2. Jamie Avatar

    I’m always amazed at how little I get accomplished on the days I’m home all day with the girls. And then I remember why I still like going into the office a few days a week (even though I bitch about it.)

  3. Kalyn Avatar

    I can assure you that on in-service days the teachers are not eating doughnuts. At my school we’re normally wasting time taking useless training the district forces us to do instead of being able to do our real work. Not a doughnut in sight. (Yes some of the parents are a bit crazy.)

  4. crunchy carpets Avatar

    Mine are only two and four and they spend the day ripping into each other or making the other one scream or cry behind my back and then looking all innocent.

    This goes on all day…and yeah….on what?

    Mine have some toast in the am and then graze on carrots and they never get tired!!!!

  5. Plain Jane Mom Avatar

    Teachers: that was a joke ;)

  6. andi Avatar

    Posts like this make me apprehensive about welcoming child #2 shortly. Right now, the lovely daughter has no one to beat up on (well, besides her parents).

    And as for staying home with them during the day, I can so totally relate. The chaos of having kids at home is why I joke about how I need to go to work for some relaxation after the weekend.

    Hope you survived!

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