You aren't kidding! You've got your hands full!
Any local hands on help coming your way?
Actually, your senior wanting to take a year off sounds wonderful, can you get him to choose a college and defer for a year? When he gets there he'll be more mature and more focused, and more likely to resist the really dangerous stuff that goes on at college. Hey, maybe he can tutor DS, and give some nurturing to DD....
If you can use our brains here, we'd be honored!
LOL - my DS is 11, and I'm already keeping lists of possible "gap year" programs. Gap year? That's what you tell your friends your DS17 is doing while he rides around in his truck! Let's face it, he probably is sick of complying with school by now, and there's a preety good chance that it wasn't such a good fit for him, so a little time to get to know himself might be appealing. Of course if he spends it playing World of Warcraft you have reason to worry. ((wink))
I hope your daughter isn't suffering too much. And the baby? Do you have a babysling? Mine wouldn't sleep in his crib for more than 5 minutes, but I could get around for hours if he was wrapped up and slung.
HTH,
Trinity
