The Story of the Difficult Children

4 kids. 3 siblings and their cousin. Ages 8, 7, 6, & 2. The 2 year old was sick. He was sleeping when I got there at 9:30pm. The 8, 7, & 6 year old were hanging out in the 8 yr. old's bedroom watching movies. Since it was kind of a sleepover, and they were all sleeping in 8 yr. old's bedroom that night, I told them that they could watch movies until midnight. I know it's late but they were hyped up of caffiene and sugar curtousy of their parents. Midnight seemed late enough to me.

Parents left at 10pm for a night on the town. 10:15 I hear the 2 year old talking. 6 yr old woke him up. I shoed the 6 yr old out of the room and gave him a warning. Got 2 yr. old back to sleep at 11. He was an ornery little fella and wouldn't go back to sleep. 11:30, yelling from 8 yr. old's bedroom. They were fighting over what movie to watch. They woke the 2 yr. old up again. I laid him back down to see if he'd go back to sleep, he wouldn't. Instead he took off his poopy diaper and played with it. Lovely. I gave him a quick bath, changed his sheets, and cleaned his crib up with baby wipes. By this time it was 12:30. With the 2 yr. old hanging off my hip, I went and got the 3 older ones and asked them to brush their teeth and get ready for bed. That part went fine. I put them to bed. Got the 2 yr. old some juice in a sippy and rocked him till he fell asleep. By the time that was finished it was 1:00am. I checked in on the older 3 & the only one asleep was the cousin. I made it clear to the 6 & 8 yr. old that it was bedtime and I didn't want to hear anymore noise from their room. 5 minutes later I hear fighting. I go back, they're arguing about blankets. I tucked them in again and warned them AGAIN.

Long story short, this went on for another hour and a half. Every time I had to go in there, I shaved off 30 minutes from their bedtime the next night-(when I was also babysitting). The last straw was when the 6 & 8 year old started hitting each other and I heard screaming and crying. I walked into the room and announced that I was extremely angry with their behavior. That they had pissed me off more than ever before and that I was sick and tired of them behaving like brats.

They finally went to sleep at 2:45am. Parents walked in at 3am. I left and thought over and night and just got upset. What I said was not acceptable in any circumstance and I feel horrible for it. Any advice is welcome! Constructive or otherwise. I know I deserve a talking to.