Two minutes of silence
Heidi was burned out from the kids. We all went to the gym, and on the way home, she wanted to return some stuff to home goods. The kids were all riled up in the van for the ride home but I can pretty much tune them out. Scott whined about Tyler taking some toy of his and wanted Mommy. I said, "What, do you want her to go back there and take back your toy? No. You can deal with your own problems." At home, they were a disaster. I said, "EVERYBODY IS GOING TO CALM DOWN! WE ARE HAVING TWO MINUTES OF SILENCE!" "but Daddy," "Shhh." After shushing them for the first minute, we enjoyed the second minute in peace. Man, one minute of silence. It was nice. When it was time to brush teeth, Tyler walked away from the bathroom and said, "But I'm going to show Kira something." "NO!" I yelled. He turned around and brushed his teeth. Jeez. Things are different with this generation of kids. I told Scott that