The troops are rowdy and chaos is inevitable!

Apparently the kids have way too much energy and I am too tired to provide enough of an outlet for excess stream. I am pretty sure that between the boys they could power Thomas the Tank engine for a few laps around the island of Sodor right about now.

I can’t quite explain to Joe why some days he comes home and the kids are calm and ready for a peaceful dinner and other nights they are energetic, restless or overly exhausted.

There is no rhyme or reason to the days, they are pretty much the same from week to week but one week Monday is nuts and the next it is Thursday. One day they are too tired and the next they have tons of energy.

I have determined that no matter how much we do or don’t do, it doesn’t affect the dinnertime mood. I feel bad for Joe because he wants to come home to a peaceful house, have a nice dinner and hear about what went on at school, tumbling class or Karate. Some days he gets to be involved, ask questions and hear about the day and other days he doesn’t even get a one word response.

I talk to the kids all day long and try to get them to tell their daddy about their day so that he can feel involved but some nights even I am too tired to put forth the effort to pry the information from their little mouths.

Today is one of those days. I am tired, the kids are rowdy and beginning to rile up the dogs. I see the writing on the wall, "Beware! Someone is about to get hurt," but I don’t have the energy to act fast enough; down goes Boo on the hardwood, about to be trampled by AJ and 2 eager puppies.

Joe will be home in minutes, chaos has ensued, and a peaceful dinner shall not be had tonight.

Off to make another Mommy Milestone.