lexie , who was six months old , had a cold and refused to let my wife put her down ; miles had painted the dog 's tail with fluorescent paint and was proudly showing it off ; ryan needed to study for a test but forgot the textbook at school and had decided to `` solve '' the problem by seeing how much toilet paper could be flushed down the toilet ; landon was coloring on the walls-again-and i ca n't remember what savannah was doing , but no doubt it was something distressing , since at six months old she was already learning from her siblings .