Youth squandered

I wish there were do-overs in life.

Honestly- if only I had the energy my kids have for 1 hour a day, I think I'd be thrilled.

And I wonder-

God, why did you make things this way? Why do you give those with the very least to accomplish daily the most energy? Why did I waste all those years of my life?

So.. today.. my energy filled kids:

• pushed a stool to the stove, climbed up and started stiring the water that was about to boil on my gas stove in the time it took me to empty my bladder. I was running and pulling up my pants the second I heard the stool being pushed rather than taking the time to wipe or even finish going..
• and in the time it took to change the above underwear and pants:
• launched their stuffed animals from the second floor to see which fell slowest
• found several bugs to bring into the house as pets
• spilled not 1, not 2 but 3 cups of milk today
• ran like lunatics through the grocery store trying to not step on cracks in the grocery store tile floor while playing chase and very nearly knocked over the 5 foot tall wine display (we were at the grocery store due to premature milk shortage due to the above mentioned spills and due to growth spurt premature running out of bread for store-bought-bread peanut butter and fluff sandwiches which my daughter eats at least 2 a day in addition to 2 other meals.)
• rode their bikes
• rode their bikes into each other and needed ice packs
• several times
• scattered 1000 legos/duplo blocks into every corner of the house
• scattered a deck of cards onto nearly most of the back yard
• fought over who was next to who at every meal
• fought over who had which piece of (mismatched) silverware at each meal
• played chase
• played hide and seek
• went to a birthday party where they:
• climbed up a brick wall to play in a water fountain
• not once but several times
• and the water was about 1/2 bleach to keep the mold at bay
• ate 2 parts icing to 1 part cake leading to the above grocerystore behaviour on the way home
• finally passed out at 9:30 leaving their mom's ears ringing from the silence and wondering if it's too early for her to go to sleep...?