Sophie is Money

Nothing says fun like going to Walmart with all 5 kids!  But when you're out of diapers, you're out of luck.  Especially if you're Ethan.  Hahahaha.  Ethan HATES having to run errands with everyone.  Like REALLY, REALLY hates it.  And believe me when I say he lets us ALL know it.  Unfortunately, he was out of luck this afternoon seeing as to how Jane was all out of diapers and Scott wasn't going to be home tonight until it was too late for me to run out on my own.  So, with Ethan whining and complaining {and demanding a Kindle Fire} in the background, I loaded everyone up and headed to the store.  

I'm pretty sure I spent almost twice as much as I was planning to spend simply because all 5 kids were with me.  Ethan {surprise!} was the first one to work me over -- after all it IS his birthday on Monday -- but pretty soon the rest of the kids worked their magic as well.  An hour and a half after our arrival we finally managed to get checked out and headed for home where Ethan badgered me into letting them stay up for a game night, too.  We had just bought UNO Attack {Ethan's early birthday present} and Headbanz, and I let him have this little victory because I knew they weren't going to go right to bed anyway and with Scott not here to help I wanted to make things as easy as possible for me.  Hahahahaha.  After discovering {with great dismay} that UNO Attack needed C batteries (which we didn't have) Ethan settled for Headbanz instead and we started in on our game night after putting the two little ones down for bed.  

{Not pictured is Grace's new Magic 8 Ball which she consulted all evening long about anything and everything -- Will I get a dog?  Should I eat dinner?  Is Alex the cutest baby in the world?  Will I get a dog? Will I get a dog?  Will I get a dog?  It should also be noted that she called it her Magic "Meatball" for most of the night.}

The game was pretty fun -- we play 20 Questions a lot, so the concept of how to play wasn't too difficult to figure out -- and for the first 15 minutes or so everything was hunky dory.  Things began to disintegrate rapidly, however, once they discovered they could look in the reflection on the fireplace screens and see what was on their head.  Since I don't play with cheaters we did not play for very much longer.  Hahaha. 

 {Hahahahahahaha.  Sophie is TOTALLY money.  Hahahaha.}

I managed to corral them all into bed about half an hour later where I then discovered that Jane had already woken up (or perhaps never went to sleep?) and was crying inside her room.  After yelling at the kids to get in bed and go to sleep before they woke up Alex, too, I went to rescue the little lamb and discovered her curled up on the floor next to the door completely in the nude.  Hahaha.  She is TOTALLY Grace 2.0 -- remember how we used to duct tape Grace into her diaper and jammies at night so she wouldn't strip down and pee all over her crib?  Well, apparently that might also be in order for Baby Gaga.  She had taken off her nightgown and diaper (which I still haven't been able to find) and peed all over her bed and blanket.  After trying {unsuccessfully} to get her to go back to sleep, I ended up bringing her down to give her a breathing treatment and read her the entire Mother Goose book.  Fortunately she went back to bed without too much of a problem and Scott got home not too long after that.  It's been a long day.  A long week really.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed that tonight we'll all get some sleep!