Babysitting the grandchildren.

[billy]

It’s one of those days rain lashing shingle days;
not so much noisy as tsunami meets atomic bomb
Animals don’t add to the cacophony they accompany it with gusto
As dog’s tries to bounce cat off his head; cat prefers to anchor itself,
It's like a Davy Crockett hat with claws

The kids are quiet: Mauve hand prints don’t go well
with magnolia roses; the girl said they look spectacular
even on the table cloth.
The boy prefers face painting
and stencilling without stencils.
Can’t tell if that one’s paint, snot, or blood,
My mistake, it blood; he’s trying to sharpen the pencil
up his nose, while face stencilling without a stencil.

[heslopian]

It’s one of those days rain lashing shingle days; I think there should be a comma after the first "days," otherwise the syntax looks odd, at least to me.
not so much noisy as tsunami meets atomic bomb
Animals don’t add to the cacophony they accompany it with gusto Could the rhythm be improved by adding a comma after "cacophony"?
As dog’s tries to bounce cat off his head; cat prefers to anchor itself, The syntax of this line doesn't make sense. Would it read better like this: "Though the dog tries to bounce the cat off his head, the cat prefers to anchor itself"?
It's like a Davy Crockett hat with claws Simply adore this line. Concise and witty, and also quite cute.

The kids are quiet: Mauve hand prints don’t go well
with magnolia roses I don't understand the colon after "quiet." Are you saying the children are quiet because the mauve hand prints don't go well with the magnolia roses? Other than that, great line; deftly delivered.;
the girl said they look spectacular
even on the table cloth.
The boy prefers face painting
and stencilling without stencils.
Can’t tell if that one’s paint, snot, or blood,
My mistake, it blood; he’s trying to sharpen the pencil
up his nose, while face stencilling without a stencil. All fine. Again, deftly delivered, and also crisp and well-structured. On the whole, a nice, sweet, thoughtful poem.

[billy]

i'll use everyone of the ideas you gave jack. thanks for the feedback.