kids and writing

Don't mix! At least in my house. School is on a short break and the wild ones are home for 9 days. I have a novel deadline approaching and it is waving bye-bye to me as I speak. Husband and kids come first for me, but is it just me or are the days they are off from school longer than other days of the year? Do I live in a special time wrinkle where writing makes hours turn to minutes and super active seven years olds make time vibrate in place? I need NASA to do a research study in my backyard and find out!