Disruption Junction

Question:  How many toddlers does it take to irrevocably disrupt a one-room schoolhouse?

Answer: 1

Don't let the Magna Doodle fool you.  She was not, in fact, writing with it.  Rather, she was "walking it" around the room by the string like a dog about thirty seconds prior to this.

Baby Sis is a master of distraction.  

I love her dearly.

That's probably why she's a master of distraction; I've gone soft by her spot in the birth order.

Still, it is pretty astounding how skilled she is at her trade.

Last week, while engaging in independent play, she pulled out the oven drawer and marched on the stack of cookie sheets inside, made cymbals out of the stock pan lid, completely disassembled the Mr. Coffee, and required relocation to another part of the house entirely in order for the big kids to hear their science video.

At that point, the big kids were 3 minutes and 22 seconds into the video.  3 minutes! 

How is that even possible?!

Today, she got chewy granola bar stuck to the couch, had a saltine cracker picnic on the stairs with the dog, made two siblings scream, "Mommy!," had an award-winning Edward Scissorhands moment

(those last two might have been related),

"walked" the Magna Doodle,

and ran the schoolroom pencil sharpener for a reeeeally long time - mostly on erasers.

So basically, I'm thinking it's a really good thing this is the kids' current memory verse!
We're certainly getting lots of practical application this week!