If at first you don't succeed...

My promise yesterday was to spend some one on one time with Pickle.  Excited, we decided to play Six Flags Fun Park on the Wii. A few moments into playing, we were halted when we heard Princess screaming her pretty little head off, awake from her nap. We tried to continue, but reading the silly tasks of the game isn't really fun when a two year old is throwing a fit at your feet and trying to grab the controller out of your hand.

After that 45 minute ordeal, we decided on a plan, put the game away, eat dinner and then watch Open Season. Easy enough and fun too, so I thought.  This plan translated into, stop the game, eat a nasty experiment called Mom's dinner,  and watch Open Season NOT work in the DVD player.

Ok, Ok... that fine! Let's order Shrek Ever After. I love Shrek and Pickle has wanted to see the movie forever. Plus, I really scored points by suggesting it because Mac always tells him ordering from the TV is too expensive. Giddy, Pickle grabs blankets and 6 pillows to set up a bed on the couch. He lets me snuggle him on the couch (at 7 this is BIG) and I was on cloud 9... for ummm maybe 5 mins, that's when the ice from the big ice storm froze over our satellite dish and the cable went out.  No more SHREK.

Netflix! We will order something on Netflix, I suggest so quickly it was almost like someone else was using my vocal cords! Tension was running high for the OG and I desperately wanted to keep my status as preferred cuddler. Netflix was better than nothing. As it turned out, the best part of this plan was it didn't matter if Princess was repeating "I wanna watch princesses, I wanna watch princesses." OVER and OVER again, because it took only about 2 minutes to realize there was going to be no movie. The internet was out.

At this point I hang my head in defeat and took Little Miss Annoying to bed. When I came back, I expect to find Pickle freaking out but instead he had Family Feud in his hand. Great idea boy. We had a great time playing... until we lost in the final challenge questions with 198 points because the Wii controller stopped working... We were on EASY.

I had to put Pickle to bed after that.  So in the end, I got my cuddles and he got quite a story of misfortune to tell all day. I guess my promise was successful. I think we'll both always remember the night we were cursed.

Promise 9: Take a bath and relax, it's been a fun but long day with 5 kids!  What? I literally had this as my promise for 30 mins... see why this is self titled spoiled?? Ok, Real Promise give the house a good picking up before you crash, Mac will like not coming home to clutter due to 5 kids.

**S**