Terrible Two's

Unfortunately, I think they are here--Tyson has hit the terrible two stage. It has been apparent for awhile now, with him throwing tantrums and blatantly disobeying, but on Thursday while I was at work, Tyson managed to get a hold of a black marker and draw on all the appliances in the kitchen, the cupboards, the table and chairs, the furniture in the living room, the TV, and all over the carpet. Somehow, whenever Anthony tends the kids, some sort of ink product ends up on something in the house. All I can say is thank heavens for microfiber. It is a cinch to clean. We were able to get the marker off the carpet with resolve and oxiclean. At first those spots looked bleached out after they dried, but now I am thinking that that is the color of the carpet when it is actually clean. So we either need to get the carpets professionally cleaned so that it is all one clean color, or just walk more on the clean areas where the marker was so that they get equally as dirty as the rest of the carpet. I reconsidered re-carpeting, but my dad assures me that Tyson will just do it again and not to replace anything. He also said Tanner couldn't be any worse than Tyson is, and I think that is true. Don't get me wrong...I love Tyson and he is a joy most of the time, but the few instances where he causes trouble is enough to drive me insane. Tanner seems a little bit more mild than Tyson. He has been a bundle of joy ever since he was born. I have thoroughly enjoyed every minute with him and it makes me sad he is getting so big. He smiles and laughs all the time compared to Tyson's serious composure at that same age. Oh well, I guess you just have to roll with the punches.