What a Relief

You would think that after a month of having the Hughes kids over every afternoon for a couple of hours the newness would be gone. That is the case for me, but not for Jacob. Every day he gets so excited that they are coming over and asks if they are here yet a thousand times. When they get here he is a bouncing ball of craziness, no matter how much I have prepared him to be calm. He wants to play so bad but the boys aren't that enthusiastic. I have to keep the TV off in order to get them to play a little. Most of the time they will start playing 'too much' and get into trouble or get hurt. Jacob's excitement is pumping so fast that he runs everywhere. When the boys aren't willing to do what he wants to do he gets very emotional and angry, almost forcing them to play. By the time the boys leave I feel like I am in that children's book where the guy complains to the wise man that his house is too small and noisy and the wise man tells him every day to add an animal to his house and then the last day he is to get rid of all the animals and then his house suddenly isn't too small and noisy. During these times I feel blessed that I don't have 4 kids under 4!!!