Our day

So, it was not a good day....but here's to hoping tomorrow is better. :) Here's the play by play.

7:30am - Kate and Linc get up
7:45 - Kate decides to go downstairs to play because it is raining
8:00 - Linc throws a class A tantrum, throwing his sippy cup numerous times because he wants milk in a bottle, instead of his sippy cup....I know this because he was throwing his sippy cup and signing drink while banging on the frig
8:15 all is well - both kids eating breakfast and drinking milk (out of sippy cups, score one for Mommy)
9:15 - Linc is again pitching a fit because he wants to be outside
9:30 - Mommy decides it's dry enough out to venture out
9:45 - Bryce and Wendy join us on the driveway
9:47 - Bryce and Kate get in fight #1
10:15 - Bryce goes home because Kate takes away every toy he plays with
10:20 - Kate goes to her room because she is cranky that her friend went home
10:30-10:50 - Kids actually play nicely together while coloring
10:50 - Mommy goes to kitchen to work on lunch
11:00 - Mommy comes back to find two kids covered in marker as well as yellow marker colored all over the carpet
11:30 - Eat lunch
12:00 - Put Linc and Kate down for a nap
12:10 - Kate comes out needing to go potty
12:20 - Kate comes out needing a drink (time added to her rest timer)
12:30 - Kate comes out to throw her paci away because "Mommy my paci is broken" - she chewed a hole in it (more time added to rest timer)
1:00 - Kate comes out again because she can't get a book put away right
1:15 - Ditto - (again more time added to rest timer)
1:45 - Rest timer goes off
2:00 - Linc wakes up
2-2:30 - Kids play relatively well together, with a few minor disagreements
2:30-3 - Kids go nuts, fighting constantly
3 - 4 - Mommy takes kids on long stroller ride
4-5 - Play puzzles and color
5 - Decide to let them play in sandbox
5:10 - See Bryce outside, so go to play with him with the warning that if Kate doesn't share we are coming straight home
5:20 - Kate and Bryce get in fight over bubble wand
5:20-5:25 - Mommy drags Kate and Linc back across the yard, struggling greatly to carry a squirming one year old and a kicking, screaming, flailing, and sobbing nearly 3 year old.
5:25-5:35 - Kate cries in room while Mommy tries to calm down and decide what to do.....
5:45 - Bliss - hubby comes home early AND takes kids for a walk..........