i have loved reading these stories.i'm here laughing trying not to wake up DH. not easy for sure. lol
out of all the memories this has bought up i will only tell one, this was a favorite of mine.
my oldest was five and he would get upset at me and stomp his foot and say "i'll show you!" and stomp off to his room in which my 1 year old would go with him. they would huddle with each other and the little one listening to my older one. then for my best part they would go to sleep for a least a couple of hours and when they got up all was forgotten. loved it-- at least 2 whole hours break ahhhhh!