Ohhhhhh, lordy. What a night!
I hear THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! coming from my bedroom above. I holler for the kids to stop jumping on the bed. They pretend they can't hear me, so I start counting: "1... 2... 3..."
DS3 appears and innocently asks, "What, Mama?" I tell him to stop jumping on my bed, and stay out of my room. He sings, "OK, Mama," and runs off. I hear DS7 lingering in the hallway, and shout out, "DS7, that means you, too!" He says, "OK."
Silence for about 10 seconds, then DS3 begins to wail. DS7 appears first, and I ask what happened. He begins, "Well, [DS3] made me mad, so I kicked him..." WHOA!!! BACK UP! YOU WHAT?!
DS3 then appears, big fat tears streaming down his face and walking like he's in pain. He says his brother kicked him in the back. So while I cuddle DS3 and rub his back, I'm giving the snake-eye to DS7 and asking him what he thinks the consequences should be. Ds3 takes this quiet moment of reflection to jab a couple fingers into DS7's ribs. So now DS7 starts to howl, way louder than truly necessary.
So I drop DS3 from my lap and tell him to get in the corner. He begins to wail again, even louder than before. I ask DS7 again what his consequences should be and he slowly says, "No dessert?" I agree, and say, "And?" He can't think of anything else, so I tell him, "And no videogames tomorrow." He begins to wail like I've just broken both his legs. Crying in stereo!
Yessirree, a fun time in the Alex2k House tonight! Thank you, and we'll be here all week!