if all else fails, put them in a box

 It was one of those days.
You know how children have that uncanny ability to sense when you are trying to be extra productive and they respond by being as needy as their little bodies can manage (which is a LOT of neediness)?


It was one of those days.


And in my "AAAAH! I am never going to get this finished!" frenzy I did the last thing I could think of.
I picked up my whining girl and plopped her inside the box I was trying to unpack.


And I then won the "funniest thing Mom has ever done" award.

 Nicholas made sure his "Eh-wie" had lots of toys in there.

 It finally got to a point where it was just a bit overwhelming.

 So then, it was time for "the bruder's!" turn.

Still didn't get the unpacking finished, but at least we had some fun.