My Little Troublemaker

Oh my little Levi. He's the baby of our family for the next two months. He's sensitive, independent, loving, and the biggest handful alive. Our oldest, Liam, is extremely social. He always wants to be in the same room as you, telling you some story merely to make sure you're paying attention to him. He's also pretty easy to discipline. All you need to do is ground him from a toy, put him in timeout, or let daddy tell him no (apparently that's worse than the rest). I think we assumed Levi would be the same way. Oh, were we wrong...He couldn't be more different. He has cute curly, wispy hair. He's independent and could sit on his own and read all day long. He's impossible to discipline. He will actually go touch something he shouldn't, look at me, and then put himself in timeout or tell me to spank him. If I don't he actually yells at me. Mom, pankin!!Then of course I laugh and he wins. This adorable child wears me out everyday. I have to remind myself that he's only 20 months and is only doing it on purpose part of the time. Recently, we've been able to start having some alone time. He's about to be one of three children and I know alone time for our kids won't always be easy to facilitate. Liam goes to preschool for a few hours, twice a week. Usually, Levi and I drop him off and come home. It would be easy to focus on cleaning the house since he just wants to do his own thing. Instead, I've tried really hard to spend quality time with him the whole time. At first, he almost acted offended that I wanted to play with him. Mom, I can finally play with all of Liam's toys. Leave. Me. Alone.I think I've finally won him over. Now, he wants to play with me! One point for mom! I don't want this to end. I always want to have alone time with my kids. Will it be easier to just have them all be together all the time? Obviously. I want each of my children to know how much I love them. I want to know each of their little personalities and all about their lives. I'll always fight for my relationship with my children. How do you get in good quality time with all of your kids?