Double Trouble

Two tiny boys, ages 3 and 1 1/2 are completely adorable as well as totally exhausting. Yesterday was just one of those days. I was still trying to unpack boxes in our room when B comes running in "Mom! S opened the red box!!!" What red box? So I followed him into the kitchen where I found S had dumped red jello all over the floor. It only took 6 moppings before I finally had it all cleaned up. They had to be put in the tub because they were all covered in red and I couldn't have red dye all over the carpet! So after they were cleaned, I had to take a shower because I was all covered in red jello too. I kept peeking out of the shower curtain every once in a while to make sure they were staying out of trouble. As far as I could see they were sitting on the bathroom floor talking to each other. Then suddenly I hear, "Mom, we're doing a special project! Don't worry, we're cleaning up the mess." Aaah! Now what??? I grabbed a towel and came dashing to see what was going on. They had unhooked the hose from the toilet to the water supply and the bathroom was flooding everywhere and they were trying to clean it up by drinking it!!! Water was soaking into unpacked boxes that were stacked in the bathroom, my clean boys were now soaking wet in toilet water, I had to get out the wet-dry vac. Then I had to rush to unpack the spoiled boxes, then there were tons of towels to be washed. Just one thing after another. When S tried to pry the child safety off of a socket in the kitchen and stick a fork in it and B laughed (I stopped him just in time) I totally lost it and started bawling my head off which made the boys start crying hysterically. Sweet little S climbed up on my back and started trying to rub my shoulders and kiss me better. So, my poor N came home to no dinner, nothing cleaned that was supposed to be cleaned, and K and the kids bawling their eyes out. What an awesome day!