The Magic Box

The kids and Ed have off today (I think William forgot about his trip to outer space with Daddy). The kids have been getting up every day for the past week and a half and playing nicely in their room together. Too much to hope that the day off would play out the same way. They woke up way to early and started bickering right off the bat. William had a night mare and Natalie let him climb up into her bed with her. Well he wanted more pillow than she was willing to share so he pushed her off the pillow and then the yelling started.

William came out to the couch where I was watching TV and cuddled up under my blanket with me. Then Natalie followed then potty breaks and people stealing other people’s spots and more yelling. So in an attempt to keep them quiet so Ed could sleep a little and I could just chill, I turned on some kiddy spooky Halloween show. They watched it and the next show (grossology, this one was on head lice) very nicely. When I called them for breakfast I told them to turn off the TV. After breakfast they went back to playing together nicely.

When Ed got up and turned the TV. on the same kiddy channel was still on. As he let it warm up, Natalie heard a kid show and started into the room. Ed said

E: Go back to playing, I’m changing the channel
N: But I like that show dad
E: You like ANYTHING on the magic box
In this little funny sarcastic, glazed over eye, voice Natalie said
N: I LOVE the magic box

It was too funny the way she said it.

Here are some pictures of the kids playing yesterday morning before school. Natalie had a mermaid tale on and William had a cape and helmet on. Not sure what they were playing but they were having a good time and William was bummed last night when I told him he could NOT sleep with the cape on. It wound up on one of his stuffed animal.