Day 239

Yesterday was...an unusual morning. When I came downstairs, all 3 boys stood at the kitchen door staring at me, grins from ear to ear. "What have they done?" I thought. The longer they stood there, the more suspicious I got. And so I asked them what was up. "Nothing" They replied. "It's morning so we get to have fun right?" My answer was yes, but when I found out they had also already done teeth and hair, and it was only 7:30...I was curious as to what was really going on. They ran upstairs to discuss their "Spy Club", and I...oddly enough, got to eat my breakfast in peace! It was weird.

Eventually they came down and asked if we could all play Ludo. Still a bit weirded out, I said yes, and we all sat down. It wasn't all perfect for much longer. I went in the kitchen to get a cup of tea and all hell broke loose. Basically Nathaniel was cheating and Josh was calling him on it. Zach didn't know what was going on, and was supposed to be moving my player. He had the opportunity to take Nathaniel out, but Nathaniel persuaded him not to, without telling him what he was doing. So out came the waterworks from Nathaniel for being called a cheater, and then I was yelling so that he could hear me over his high pitched "explanation", and he always has to get the last word which NEVER helps the situation. ~ You'd think he'd learn! ~ Anyway, I told him that if he was going to be a sore loser (As he started crying again about losing), then we wouldn't play in the mornings anymore. Eventually we got back to the game. A little while later, I asked Zach to get his shoes on, as it takes him much longer than it takes the others. His answer, was "NO!" He didn't want to do it because the others weren't. Well, I don't tolerate the boys saying No, when I've asked them to do something. I began to count, and slowly so that he had plenty of chance to redeem himself, but he didn't. I told him that meant no fun the next morning (And have just realized I forgot my punishment. DAMMIT! That rascal). Anyway, Josh went to get his shoes on, so Zach finally put his on.

When it was time, the 4 of us went up to the school, and I dropped them off. I spoke to Michelle, and we agreed that we'd meet at Starbucks after I let the plumber in. I drove back to the house, and logged onto the computer. I spoke to my Mom for a very brief second, as the plumber got there sooner than expected, and then I headed out to Braintree. After coffee with Michelle, I went to a couple of different stores, got some cards, and some white chocolate powder. ~ I had run out the night before, and Toni was coming for one later on ~ I drove back to the house, and did laundry, and some things for my Mom. I completely forgot about "Lost" and "Glee", and watched "One Tree Hill" instead. What a GOON! More laundry, and some other laundry, and it was time to get the boys.

I picked them up, and Zach had a meltdown in the playground. When he came out of the class, he walked up to his friend's mom, and asked if he could go over to their house. This drives me NUTS! We've had the conversation before, and Heloise has had the same conversation with Nathaniel. They need to know you can't invite yourself over somewhere. Cath - the mom - approached me and asked if he could go over. I looked at him, and looking right at me, straight faced, Zach said "I didn't ask, she asked me". Oh you little punk! I said "Zach, I watched you ask her". Caught in a lie. He didn't know what to do. Cath stood behind him and whispered that she didn't mind. I asked her if it was ok that they do it another day, because I had talked to him about doing that before, and he knows he's not supposed to. She said that was fine, I told him, and he broke into tears. I ignored him. He took my hand, and we walked to the car. Still crying, we drove back to the house. When we arrived and got out of the car, I had asked him to stay by the car - Not to run into the driveway where his friend was - and he did anyway. I then asked him to come back, and when he did, he started speaking to me really rudely. Telling me that he didn't hear me call him the other times. Well, I hadn't mentioned my calling him before, so clearly he did. I told him that, and he kept talking back saying "DIDN'T!" When we got in the house, I made him sit on the step, and had the other two do their homework. When Nathaniel was doing his times tables, Zach walked in and said sorry. I asked him to sit on the step until Nathaniel was finished. When the time came, I walked over to the step, he apologized, and I asked him if he knew what for. He thought it was cuz of inviting himself over to Will's, so we had a talk about that, I let him off the step, and then we did his flash cards.

Heloise was later coming home than expected, so at 4:15, the 4 of us hopped back into the car, and I drove Nathaniel up to Beavers. As we drove, we passed Heloise. I dropped him off, and we came back to the house. When we arrived Heloise asked if Nathaniel was late. "No?" I said. She then asked if I knew that Beavers started at 4:15. Oh...then that's different haha. I felt terrible, but she said not to worry, she figured when she saw us that I thought it started at 4:30, and she completely understands, as it doesn't end until 5:30 and that is an odd duration for an after school activity. Thank goodness she wasn't upset. She made dinner, and Josh ate. The two of them left for swimming, and Zach, in tears AGAIN because, even though he said he didn't want to go with them, he had changed his mind as they were leaving, and it was too late...and I went for a walk to get Nathaniel. He cried a good portion of the way up, and then the two of us raced to the beaver hut, and he picked flowers for Toni and I. I ended up leaving them at the hut however, as there were bugs on them.

We walked home the longer way, and when we got back, we all sat down for dinner. When we finished, I was clearing up, and Heloise and Josh arrived. Shortly after, Toni got here. The boys went up to bed, and we came up to grab the stuff to make mochas, and the bag of popcorn. Once we were well equipped with deliciousness, we came upstairs to watch "New Moon". When that ended we talked for a bit, but were both exhausted, so Toni didn't stay long. She left, and I came upstairs, spoke to my Mom, got an e-mail that kept me up thinking about how stupid some people are, and eventually...no FINALLY got to sleep. xx