I want a do-over for this morning, please!

This is another post where I just need to vent, so brace yourself....
You know what I remember? I remember when I used to get ready for work in the mornings BK (Before Kids). It was quiet, I was the only one in the house, and maybe my biggest struggle was a bad hair day or forgetting my coffee on the kitchen counter. This morning, I had the opposite of this memory.
It started out easy enough, uneventful, even. I still can't pinpoint where things went awry..hmmm.
Let's see, I told four kids to get in the car and said, "Grab your backpacks and get your shoes on and get in the car." A seemingly simple request. Seemingly. Before I could even get out of the driveway someone was crying about someone else pushing them.
Then we get to the first school and I see someone I need to talk to so I tell the two girls (daughter and niece), "Let's go, the bell just rang." I wait to see that the girls are getting out of the car and I talk to the person I was looking for. Then I don't see the girls anywhere, because.... they. are. still. getting. out. of. the. car!
I have no idea what was taking them so long but anyways, I rush them along and then they come back to me while I was getting back into the car to leave and show me two late slips they got. Argh!
On to next school to drop boys off...My dear son starts to complain, "Mom! You said there was no school today, you tricked me!" Me: "What are you talking about? Of course there is school today!" This insane dialogue went on for a bit and ended no where...
So finally we get to the school and I see that my nephew has no shoes on! I said, "where are you shoes???"
He tells me, "You said I didn't have to wear them." OK, seriously, what alternate universe were these boys on where I had these conversations with them? Anyways, the icing on the cake....
I finally get the boys out of the car and see that neither one has their backpack! ARGH!!!
Before you all judge me, I want you to know that I really thought I saw each kid do what they were supposed to do, grab what they were supposed to grab, etc. but for whatever reason, something went wrong when it came time to actually get into the car. Anyways, I really do feel better now, thanks! Stay tuned for a new Freak Magnet Friday post!

We're back from a week in Disneyland!

Wow, well we made it and did a good job of having a good time. We were there on a record breaking day for number of people in attendance at Disneyland, on Tuesday. Although, I didn't need to be told there were record number of people there, it was pretty obvious. Pretty, pretty, pretty obvious, phew! But we somehow managed to keep 15 people all together to go on rides no matter what was going on. I was impressed! Here are some memorable quotes from the trip to hopefully give you a picture of how the week went:

"Is this a rollercoaster?" (Mom, who was traumatized by a small roller coaster ride earlier that day)

"I farted!!!" (Dear son, whilst in a very long and slow moving line, surrounded by people)

"That ride was awesome!!" (any one of the kids, at any given time after getting off a ride)

"Stop! Get down! Stop climbing on that!" (any one of us parents, to our kids at any given time)

"That's it! I'm writing a letter!" (Me, disappointed by the Christmas version of the Haunted Mansion after waiting in line for what seemed like four hours)

"Mulan is here!!! Mulan is here!!!" (Dear son, when Mulan walked through our breakfast buffet)

"Sir, you are obstructing traffic." "What traffic? There is no one here!" "Sir if you do not move we are going to call security..." (Interaction between my dad and line monitors at Cal Adventure, shortly before he got all Clark Griswold on them)

"Good thing Opa is still alive, because if he wasn't, then we wouldn't be going to Disneyland!" (Dear daughter, during a conversation on existentialism)

Also, randomly...noticed three different men from India discussing their need to go on the Pirates of the Carribean ride...wonder what that was about? ANYWAYS...

We all made it through the trip through the airports, through long, long lines, through vomiting at restaurants, through meltdowns in lobbies...we did it! And we loved it. Next family trip, Hawaii or Mexico, anyone?