to wish my children would occasionally be seen but not heard.

[GloriaInEccentrica]

maybe those victorians had it a bit right.

they are either arguing and punching each other or play fighting and being silly and i know it will end in tears.

whycan't they just sit. and be quiet. or go and sulk in their bedrooms like teenagers are supposed to do.

mine have decided to play with the marble run today. So two are in the playroom rolling marbles continuously and very loudly down the tubes whilst DS is in the lounge on the PS3 shooting people loudly as he can't hear it over all the marble noise.
lovely

IKWYM.
DD is running round the house screaming, she's very excited over Christmas and has been for about 2 weeks now. We only put the tree up yesterday as I wanted a slow build up. DH is threatning to ring Father Christmas (again).
I would like her to be quiet for a few minutes, but then I think how much I would miss it if she wasn't here.
Less than an hour to bedtime, so a hopefully a bath should hopefully calm her down.

god. i long for the days when i could pop them into bed by 6.30.

I ordered my dds up to their room earlier, they were running through the house like loons and screeching in that way that only small girls can (nails on blackboard has nothing on it!) I know that if they play upstairs there will be fallout-ungodly mess, broken limbs, flying snot and broken furniture- but I just wanted them out of the room!!

I can't wait for the sulky teenage phase. It's got to be better than the constant bickering stage we're at now - surely?!?

No. The screaming just gets louder, the damage greater, the injuries to each other larger and the blood pressure higher.

Vallhala, mother of a 14 and nearly 13 year old girls.

Lovely I can't wait...

My 3 are currently listening to some sort of crap on youtube and have a friend over.

I'm thinking of taking this laptop and glass of wine to my bedroom!