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My maniac toddler

Let's start on a positive note!! This weekend with my children was amazing. We got out of the house and went to the park with all intentions of playing on the playground, swinging on some swings, and sliding on the slides. However, life intervened. When we all arrived, there was yellow "Crime Scene" tape closing off the playground so we choose not to disobey common rules that say do not cross and instead went to play by the beautiful crystal blue lake. We had our loaves of old, moldy, crusty bread and we casually broke it up to feed the ducks that surrounded us. My toddler was enjoying handing chunks to the one lonely duck that hovered near as though he was our dogs which he often rewards treats to. Soon, however, that one lonely duck found a few friends and they too were fighting for the bread with a flock of mean-@ss seagulls. The gulls were attacking the bread, the ducks, and I feared they would soon be attacking us with poop. So soon enough, we choose to move onto other activities.

Colic boy

We wandred aimlessly we around a beautiful grassy field and began blowing bubbles. This was obviously not very exciting for our toddler because he began to run off after the seagulls. He found joy chasing them all around the field and we laughed like hyenas as he could not catch them because he was not fast enough. This was utter joy to a 20 month old child. Eventually my other kiddo, the little colic boy began his screaming so I had to swoop him up into the Ergo and walk him around the park to calm him down. It was an utter achievement that he calmed and fell asleep against mommy's chest while his big brother ran around like a maniac.
Then today was Monday again and the rains came in with a vengence. The skies were gray and sad all day so I decided today we'd spend the day relaxing on the couch and perhaps watch a movie after the dishes were done, the floors were swept, and the laundry cleaned. Well we made it as far as the dishes and the laundry when all of a sudden it felt as though fish could swim through the back room. Literally there was a river flowing from the washing machine to the garage and then from the washing machine to the back exit door in our bathroom. Yup, the washing machine decided to explode. It exploded everywhere so I called my hubby in a panic. He told me to use the wet vac to get the water up and then use the towels to wipe the rest of the water away. I did as I was told and then tried to use the drain and spin cycle......to no avail. Once again the kingdom was flooded. Yup, I had to clean for a second time in one day. UGGGGGG! Nothing I hate more than cleaning the floors. Eventually, all was cleaned, the water left in the washing machine, and a call to GE placed so they can bless us tomorrow for a hundred dollar visit and tell me nothing is wrong. Yup, that's what happened the last time they came out for the exact same flooding issue. So tomorrow, I will sit and wait for the four hour time period they gave me for our visit and see what the hell they've got to say about the tsunami that occured today. Can we say that I'm not looking forward to spending four hours waiting for a service technician's beck and call. Perhaps I'll let my colic child bless him with his louder than life lungs while he attempts to solve the exploding washing machine issue. Uggggg....... Then later on in the day I've got a two hour window that I must wait for a carpet cleaning service to come on over and clean up any damage that the flowing water may have caused in our downstairs room. It's going to be a fun time!!

The washing machine explosion