Why, God...why???

Did I have so many children? Or really, why did I have the middle two? One would think the age difference between Grayson and Wyatt (just under 7 yrs) would be enough to ensure that they didn't team up to become the holy terrors that they are together.

One would also think that the 10 yr old would be mature enough to stop the 3 yr old when he attempts to put the kitten in the (inflatable) pool.

One would be very wrong.

Not only did she let him put the kitten in the pool...she told him to put the kitten in the pool. She then removed the kittens claws from the inflatable ring that keeps the pool up without saying a word about the 6 (yes... SIX!) holes that were left in it.

An hour later she mentions casually that it appears the pool *might* be going down a bit because *maybe* Jasper put his claws through the plastic. Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

So Steff had to come home from work (first day back after 2 weeks holiday *sniff*) to patch the pool before we had yet another flood in our front yard. Don't be fooled when I say inflatable paddle pool that this thing is small - it's 12 feet across and 2 feet deep. That's ALOT of water.

Dumb and Dumber have been separated and sent to opposite ends of the house for the rest of the day, and banned from using the pool until I decide to let them back in. Gaige has run away to Izaak's for the day and will probably never come home, and poor little Saxon is just sitting on the couch eating his pretzels and watching the other 2 get yelled at. He smiles at me so sweetly and all I can think is that in 2 years, it's going to be him getting yelled at for trying to drown the cat...and it makes me kinda sad :o(