• He discovered he had hair on his arms (Owen).
• The framed picture on his bedside table shows him wearing long sleeves and long pants, but he wants to be wearing short sleeves and shorts—in the picture (James).
• Snow got into his mitten (Owen).
• Only half the puppy tattoo stuck to her hand (Sophie).
• There is no more cantaloupe, despite the fact that they just finished eating an entire cantaloupe in one sitting (James and Owen).
• My birthday comes before his in the calendar year (Owen).
• I asked him not to use our living room windowsill as a trash can (James).
• She was rude to her brother so I quietly asked her to be kind. This resulted in Tuesday being “the worst day of her life—ever” (Sophie).
• He found out that just because the calendar says March 1 doesn’t mean warmer weather or that it’s a pass to wear shorts and no coat every time he goes outside (James).
• I told them we have to pick up Sophie from school (James and Owen).
• I told him he couldn’t eat toast in bed (Owen).
• I asked them to help pick up the carnival, which had a face-painting booth, magic booth, craft booth, game booth, nail-painting booth, racing hallway and dance area, and took over the entire upstairs, because it was their idea to make it (all three).
• He stepped on a Lego, which he left out (Owen).
• She stepped on a marble, which she left out (Sophie).
• I told them (again) that they have to flush the toilet (all three).
• I asked him not to draw all over the pages I was editing for a freelance assignment (James).
• We stopped the play, which was extending past bedtime, after 13 acts (Sophie).
• I made a rule that he couldn’t wear shorts to preschool when it’s below 20° (James).
• Tucker ate almost all the candy out of the candy basket, which I asked her to put away so Tucker wouldn’t get into it (Sophie).
• I told him we couldn’t drive to the beach. At 3:42pm. On a weekday (Owen).
“Anger is short-lived madness.” —Horace