The Future Death of Me...

"Ashlee Swenson, age 24, died recently of unknown causes. However, authorities suspect that her young children were the cause of her death after sending her into frequent anxiety attacks with their mischievious ways."

This is what I suspect the beginning of my future obituary will look like. With two kids pulling crazy stunts everyday now, I'm convinced they will be the death of me. Here's the most recent stunt Gavin pulled that about sent me into cardiac arrest...

A few days ago, I was on the phone with Greg up in my room. Tyler was asleep at the time, and Gavin was down in the kitchen playing with his new obsession - Playdoh (and what a fun obsession it is, let me tell you... I keep finding dried up Playdoh all over the house). About ten minutes into our conversation, I heard the kitchen faucet turn on. I was completely surprised because Gavin has never gotten up to the sink by himself before, let alone turned it on. So I quickly ran downstairs only to find my "artistic" son holding my wedding ring by two fingers under the running faucet, trying to wash off the green Playdoh he had smushed into it. With my heart pounding, I ran and grabbed it out of his hands before one of my worst nightmares came true - seeing my wedding ring go down the drain.

In retrospect, I realize this was probably more my fault than Gavin's since I leave my wedding ring on the kitcher counter way too often, but seriously?! Sometimes I wonder how much more of these boys I can take before my heart stops beating and I just keel over. Unfortunately, I'm afraid the heart-attack inducing incidents won't stop anytime soon, especially considering the fact that my beloved husband set his parents' carpet on fire, as well as the garage when he was young... Oh joy! :) -Ash