OK so I know I didn’t blog about it but there was like a one week period about a week after I started my crossing where my kids were actually obeying and being good little children and there were hardly any messes. Then Dave started back to work. Now we are in a TRANSITION phase again and my children have reverted back to the crazy mess-making versions of themselves. Did I mention that my kids don’t handle transitions very well. My sweet adorable loving 2 year old has become a whiny screaming trouble maker and my 3 year old has become a stealthy destroyer. It seems as though I cannot leave the room for even a moment. There has been so many messes of late I can barely keep track of them and I sometimes feel like I am going crazy again.Some of our recent messes have included:

Coloring with permanent marker on the computer screen and desk

Ripping open and pouring out an entire box of cereal all over the living room

Pouring a tub of oatmeal all over the kitchen

Dumping dirt from the back yard all over the patio

Pouring out an entire 1 lb bag of tortilla chips all over the kitchen

Throwing almost every meal on the floor when they think they are done

Tossing diapers and socks all over their bedroom during a “nap”

Pulling apart their beds and pushing the bed across their bedroom

Tipping over the rocking chair to use as a jungle gym

Putting small holes in the walls with various items

Drawing on walls with any writing tool the can get a hold of

Unraveling all of the toilet paper

and

Tearing up books

Those are just a few of the ones I remember.  Now in addition to making a lot more messes than usual they have also been a lot more whiny, disobedient, and just plain naughty. Some of the other things they have been doing are eating toothpaste, drinking water from the backyard hose, bring bugs into the house, sneaking outside every chance they get, screaming, yelling, and fighting. It has been very loud and very chaotic at our house. It seems as though there is constantly some sort of mess or crisis happening right now and I feel like I all the work I did cleaning and organizing is slowly being undone because I am spending all my time and energy helping whiny children, cleaning up messes, and separating fighting toddlers. Yikes! I am really hoping that this is just a transition reaction and that with time and routine they will revert back to the lovely children they were a few weeks ago very soon. Wish me luck 🙂