Wednesday, Day 4 - Day of the dogs

This morning everything seemed to be going smoothly, that is until I walked the big kids out to the bus, we all heard barking from the other side of the fence, then it got real close, and when it did, Jon ran back toward the house and Leslie basically froze in place, they all wanted to go back, but I wasn't about to have them miss the bus, so I went out around the fence and stood there as the dogs started to run up on me, and I yelled "NO!" Katie said I did it in a Santa Clause voice, The dogs quickly backed off, and I had to firmly tell the kids to come on, they were still afraid, espically Jon, after that I came back and Liz was getting the little kids up, they seemed extra tired this morning for some reason. Went to take Angel out, and noticed that the kids had turned on the radio for Angel like I did when I got home from lunch yesterday, it helps her stay more calm we do it at our house too. As I was saying goodbye to all the kids, I was telling Jesse to be good for Liz today, and Veronica indirectly helped use the Xbox as a bribe, I told him if he is good the rest of the week he can play Xbox this weekend. Liz called me at work and told me that the dogs were still out when the little kids were going to school, and that they scared Jacob, but they did them no harm, I think we might go talk to the owners tonight.

Well, Liz faxed a report to animal control, so, hopefully they will follow up, when I got home, I had our first struggle, and you wouldn't guess it was Jon who was the culprit, he was sent to bed early by the babysitter, and he blocked the door, refused to take his meds, so, I pushed the door open, and he ran to the closet and shut himself in there. finally after a while we (me and jessica) got him to take his meds, Adam went to bed early too, I forget what for, but Jessica sent him there, then the little kids went to bed, and I was left with Julia, Katie, and Leslie... Later, I gave Jon the wizard of oz, and he seemed to have calmed down by then, and yes, the baby sitter missed his 3 o'clock, which is probably why he did this.