how it all began today...

I woke up this morning to Ryans face about 1/2 inch from mine asking if I was awake, I think I mumbed something and lifted up the covers to let him in and then passed back out! I work tonight so I tried to sleep as long as possible with one ear on the kids...APPARENTLY one ear is not enough. They seemed to be playing quietly (no screaming, no crying, no crashes, no dog yelping for dear life) so I stayed in bed dozing on and off when suddenly I awoken by Paige telling me they couldn't watch a movie because the "player" was broken. I went out to the living room where approx 20 dvds were scattered all over the floor and the "player" was indeed broken it is now stuck in the open position it won't close and when forced closed it pops back open. I spanked both children and sent them to their rooms so I could do damage assessment on the dvds all over the floor and attempt to fix the dvd player. Now keep in mind this is the THIRD dvd player my children have broken since they have been in existance!!!!!!!! The last time it wouldn't open both children of course denied any wrong doing and when I pried it open I found a plastic cookie shoved inside!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love my children but I think they are making a very good attempt at shoving me over the edge! :-)