What Was That Noise?!?!?

There is constant noise in my house when the kids are home, kind of like a beehive.  But sometimes the noise is a little more urgent, and I can tell that something's been broken or someone's been hurt badly.

Here's a list of some of the things my kids have accidentally broken:

• a brand new 60" TV, just out of the box and hooked up - weapon of choice, a Wii remote
• a beautiful ceramic tile, a souvenier from a loved-one's trip to Spain - weapon of choice, a softball
• a seatbelt in our truck - weapon of choice, a silly band (green, so we think we know who did it)
• a CD player - the triplets were babies and one of them pulled it down, causing it to spark, while his brother happily shouted "more more fireworks!"
• too many picture frames to count
• too many window blinds to count
• a laptop
• 2 DS's - one belonging to their old brother, one not even 24 hours after Santa delivered it
• an antique vase of priceless sentimental value
• my nose - weapon of choice, our back door

Now before you judge, please keep in mind that there are 5 kids in this house, so this much damage is more likely than in other houses, and this is over an 8 year period.

For the most part, the culprit is usually caught and punished.  But sometimes we just can't get them to rat on the offender.  They either say that none of them did it, or the dog did it, or the big brother did it.  Never the sister though, no one ever blames her.  Too afraid of feeling her wrath, I believe!

Most of my precious breakables are safely (fingers crossed!) inside a glass curio, while the rest are still packed away, like my wedding China.  Maybe I'll finally unpack it when I have grandchildren - I probably won't be as mad when they break my things!