What to do when you have a headache and the adorablings won't shush.

(Note: adorablings=the siblings. the term was coined by my friend Robert)

So today, I had a headache. A mind-splitting, Jesus help me, kind of headache.

The Aleve took forever to kick in.

And the adorablings were shouting while they were playing.

So, here is a list of ideas I came up with on what to do with the shouting children when you have a headache.

1. Quiet game. Be sure to have some sort of incentive so they'll actually stay quiet.

2. Chastise them. It gets old after a while.

3. Banish them to another room. Only works for brief periods of time.

4. Jason Mraz.

5. Jason Mraz.

6. Head under the covers, and when they ask where you're at, simply tell them that you're not here right now and kindly ask them to leave a message after the beep (this will leave them confused if nothing else, and hopefully they'll just be evaluating what happened quietly). 

7. Make them go ask your brother repeated questions that take a while for him to answer. For instance, "Where to babies come from?"
8. Gumby. Gumby is either completely entertaining or completely confusing to the new generation of children. 

9. Tell them to pretend they're lions stalking prey, and lions have to be quiet or the antelope get away.

10. Play-dough. Almost works to keep them quiet.

11. Cupcake decorating. This requires you to pre-make cupcakes.

12. Shell peas. This  only works well if you have grandparents with a garden nearby. 

And that, darlings, is how you keep children quiet when you have a headache.