distracting distractions

It's 9 am.

Boy 1 is working on his math. Boy 2 just wants to hover and poke at him. I distract Boy 2 by suggesting we sort cars. Boy 1 doesn't want to do his math anymore because he wants to sort cars too. Boy 3 comes over and scatters all of the nicely sorted cars. I distract Boy 3 by reading a book. Boy 2 wants to look at a different page of the book. I distract Boy 2 with a different book. Boy 3 wants to read that book. I give Boy 2 the first book. Boy 3 wanders off to play with Legos. Boy 1 decides to play Legos too. Boy 2 fusses that Boy 3 isn't allowed to play with Legos. I distract Boy 3 with some cars. Boy 2 starts taking apart Boy 1's Lego creations. I distract Boy 2 with a tower building contest in another room. Boy 1 wants to be in the tower building contest. Boy 3 knocks down Boy 2's tower. I distract Boy 3 with some puzzles. Boy 2 wants to do a puzzle. Boy 3 messes up Boy 2's puzzle. I distract Boy 3 with block towers. Boy 1 wants to do a puzzle. Boy 2 messes up Boy 1's puzzle. I distract Boy 2 with cars. Boy 3 wants to play with the same cars. 

And then suddenly it's 9:45 am and I only have 6 more hours before Parent 2's last day of work this year ends.