Hell is two over-tired kids in a party store the day before New Year's Eve. Older charge threw an absolute shit fit because I wouldn't let him buy tiki torches (the kind that take lighter fluid) for his New Year's party. Younger charge tried on a party hat and snapped himself in the chin with the elastic. He was screaming so loud the manager of the store came over to see if he was okay.
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In the car on the way home, they had a loud argument over whether younger charge will turn five on New Year's Eve or during the New Year. (Don't ask.) Words were had and older charge flung a stack of Pokemon cards across the back seat, nailing younger charge in the forehead and drawing blood. I had to pull the car over. Yes, every parent's never-acted-upon-threat became a reality for this tired nanny today.
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The tv is back on. And if I were a bad nanny, I would be raiding the parents' liquor cabinet right about now...
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