Today

Today will be spent pouring over this blog post:

http://www.modernparentsmessykids.com/2011/11/how-to-maintain-your-zen-when-kids-have.html

Let's just say that last two days have been horror.  And I'm through with it.  We will not have these days again.  This morning the dogs were begging to be let out at 6:30 AM!! and I was faced with a decision:

let them do the potty dance back and forth in my room and be driven nuts by their clacking on the floor (we need to clip their nails, Hon...)

OR

let them out and take a big risk that Aaron would wake up from all the ruckus.

This is one of the reasons I dislike this house: you hear absolutely everything all the time.

I chose the latter.  Aaron woke up.  He's been crying ever since (over and hour).  So I have calmly put him in his room until he calms down.  A rough start, but I just hope it doesn't get any worse.