The Sound of Silence

...almost always spells trouble in this house. I can tell that trouble is brewing when it gets very very quiet around here. One morning I ran upstairs for something and left the boys downstairs among the Power Rangers, Battleforce 5 and every other toy imaginable. I could tell right away that they were up to something. I came down to find Van chewing on something as he proudly announced..."we're having candy for breakfast!". Then I spot Zak "hiding" in their favorite corner spot surrounded by candy wrappers and picking up Nerd candies off the rug and shoveling them into his mouth. Not bothering to hide the evidence and no denying they were guilty and really happy to be eating candy for breakfast. These are the moments for me when it's so hard to be a mom. You just know you are supposed to punish them and turn it into a "teaching moment" but instead it's all I can do to burst into tears laughing as just how bad they are being bad. One lesson learned for mommy tho...put the Easter baskets out of reach.