Utter Chaos! (sorry, more words...)

I am going to attempt to paint a picture of our Family Home Evening with words, because unfortunately, I did not have my camera... First of all, my day was a little out of control, mainly because my kids have been really crazy the past few days! Tyler was on call (at the VA). My dad was attempting to explain the importance of remembering the Savior, especially while we are at church and taking the sacrament to renew the covenants we made at baptism. (Great lesson Dad! I think I at least heard a few things and they were very helpful, so I was grateful for what you had prepared.) While Papa is trying to be spiritual and very sincere, my children are:
Coleson- walking around the couch with a Halloween leaf decoration draped over his head so that he can barely see out one eye. He is jabbering his incoherent jabber, giggling to himself and when he gets close enough to where Chantelle is sitting he drunkenly lets go of the couch and runs/dives at her...He is way too tired and has been cutting 4 molars this week!
Addellyn- bouncing on and off of the couch singing what sounds like a mix of “I am a child of God”, something about wearing shoes at church and the “love somebody song” from our kid CD in the car, all in a very high “nice” Addellyn voice (which is very funny since she usually has such a low raspy voice.) The song at least shows she is hearing a few words here and there. Probably because, intermittently, she is stopping and coming to put her elbows on the coffee table to stare at Papa and play with his scriptures and his notes, obviously interrupting his concentration, but it’s almost as if her energy and movement is beyond her control…
Makinzie- doing her best to sit still, this involves: randomly throwing her legs in the air, biting her pajama sleeve, and giggling at the other two (very entertaining) children. She also raises her hand every few seconds, dying to tell some story about what she learned in primary or what she thinks about any church related story that comes to mind, thwarting Papa’s attempts to be sincere and to even be able to think clearly…(And we didn’t even have sugar for dinner, not even juice or fruit!)
Meanwhile, I am trying to stop from laughing or crying. The night was a pretty good depiction of how my entire day/weekend had gone with the three of them. And I’m sure if anyone could have looked in on us today they would have wondered what in the world is being taught/fed to our children…It was utter chaos! So now, I am trying to decide whether to think I am a total failure or just to laugh at the chaos and start all over again tomorrow…I believe I HaVe to choose the latter, otherwise, I would not be able to function tomorrow and the chaos could possibly triple in size…YiKes, scary thought!