Our Island Family Life

The kids came home yesterday. We watched some movies and got caught up. They didn't go to Boston. The kids weren't going to go anyway but Cade had a bad cough which made his chest muscles very sore and had some tummy issues. On the plus side for Sean he made the choice to have Cade stay home and stayed with him. I am always pleased when Sean thinks clearly. On the bad side this peeved the "wife". She stayed as well and took out her anger on the kids all week which is why Sofie snapped the other day. Let's see...Cade said she made him a ham sandwich and the bread had mold on it. Hey, it happens so I wasn't upset about him discovering the mold, it was how the situation was handled that could have been better. Cade saw it and of course didn't want to eat the sandwich (would you?) so he pointed out the mold. Kathryn was upset, cut off the section of the sandwich that had the mold on it and slammed the plate on the table and said, "There! Now it your god d***ed sandwich!" Now I wonder where he got his diarrhea from? Then she yelled at him after he had been sick in the bathroom because she thought he didn't clean up after himself well enough. She yelled at both Cade and Sofie for leaving the toilet lid up. She is afraid the toddler will drown. I think it's a bit naive of her to think a lowered lid alone is a sufficient deterrent. She should have the lock for the seat if she is really concerned about that issue. It's also rather unrealistic to assume a four year old is going to remember every single time. There is something to be said about actually keeping an eye on your kids and being aware of where they are. Very tiring but it's kind of what you sign up for when you have them in the first place. Apparently she was yelling at Sean all week as well over the smallest things. She was upset he moved the vitamins she had set out for them to take. I will give Sean points again for moving them to begin with. He had to leave the kitchen and moved them into a cabinet so the little kids wouldn't get into them. A smart choice. A safe choice. It's just too bad his memory is so swiss cheesed he couldn't remember which cabinet they were in. Cade said all week Sean just swallowed all of the screaming and did nothing. I suppose it would be too much to ask for him to defend the kids when he doesn't even defend himself. The girl there has started biting Sofie again. Cade has been protecting Sofie and it has caused tensions to rise even higher. Cade said he felt like he never really had a vacation at all.