I bought these little wooden cubes at a local discount store for 99c and didn’t know what to do with them at first. Then, whilst the kindergartener and 2nd grader were doing homework, I started to write letters on them.

No rhyme or reason, just repeated the alphabet often and made a few more vowels. I also left a few blank just in case and added punctuation marks too.

After dinner we passed the container around and each person made the funniest phrase they could.

We all had a giggle and actually sat around the table longer after our meal. No one was pressured and no one asked to leave.

Simple game, very cheap, and fooled the kids into a spelling game too!

It doesn’t matter what it is ,there is always something that the kids do to get into mischief , and it only takes a moment.

One time it was going crazy with red nail polish. It’s amazing how much  that small bottle holds, including staining a cream-coloured carpet, my MacBook , my cream sofa,  and covering two small toddlers from head to toe. It looked like blood at first sight.

Bottles of shampoo, lotion, hair gel can be emptied in a flash! I’ve had to wash a small child’s hair about twenty times after a whole jar of Vaseline was rubbed into his scalp. Just like those poor seabirds caught in an oil spill.

Funny thing is,  they never know how it happened, and always end up blaming a sibling .

Today my iPhone received a three-year-old sharpie going over when I went to answer the door.

I have remedies under the sink for any sin they might commit with household objects. Did you know mayonnaise takes tar off skin and that isopropyl alcohol dissolves glue and takes off sharpie marker ? I do.

It only takes a moment for to take your eyes off them and then they are up to something.

Remember , quiet kids are up to something!!

My kids will find every excuse in the book not to go to sleep.

We have a very set bedtime routine of brushing teeth ,saying good night a hundred times, triple kisses and lights out.

Inevitably one child always has something to stop him or her getting to sleep.

”   I can’t find my ‘mousie’, or my blanket, or I’m too cold ,or I need a drink ,or I need a pee , or there’s a monster under my bed , or he’s annoying me ,or he’s snoring…. “The list goes on and changes nightly.

Last night the youngest, my girl ,came out of bed, yelling at the baby gate telling me “owie”over and over again and pointing to her feet.  Bear in mind I had been down multiple times already , and I was tired.

I wasn’t sure what was wrong with her but it appeared that her pajamas and the enclosed feet were somehow upsetting her.  I stumbled through to the kitchen with my groggy eyes  and grabbed the bandage scissors.

Two swift cuts ,  and problem solved !! I cut those feet right off that onsie!

I took this photo in the morning and at first couldn’t even remember doing it!

Goodnight it’s been a long day….again!