Once all my guests left, I "remembered" that I had 3 overnight guests - my good friend (and co-Den Leader for Cub Scouts) had a birthday yesterday, so I started the day by taking her some homemade Apple Crisp and ended the day by picking her 3 kids up from school and bringing them home with me to spend the night with us. They are great kids, so it is a pleasure to have them stay over, but last night, when the last guest left and I called the kids in to get ready for bed, look what I saw:
(they are all saying, "We're filthy!" except for Donald who is mad at me because I said he has to take a shower)
They had been making "adobe" to patch bricks. Oh, my! My sparkly clean pre-company bathrooms were completely transformed as we scrubbed the dirt away. And then, little did I know, there was the post-shower hair de-tangling routine for the girls. Holy macaroni! If I had girls, they'd be bald-headed because that was an ordeal! But, they all went to sleep very dutifully after story time, and I was asleep not long after.
Tonight, though, I'M SEWING!!! After school and a doctor's appointment, we are going to the pool to cool down (and soak off any dirt we may have missed last night!), and then I'm going home and sitting down and that's IT! After all the house cleaning this week in preparation for this gathering, my house is both cleaner and tidier than it has been in a long while, so I will feel no guilt about sitting on my behind for a few hours. Tomorrow, hand quilting photos of the Pick and Choose quilt, I promise! There will also be a new recipient for THE TRAVELING STASH. If you haven't put your name in the hat yet, there is still time!
4 comments:
Oh my look at those kids LOL I know its a lot of work but look at all you have to be thankful for
they can run and play
laugh
The other children are going to be telling all their friend what a great time they had at your house .
I used to get upset with my dad for always giving my kids chocolate donuts when I had dressed them so nicely to visit their grandparents .His reply was "a happy child is a messy child besides a little chocolate never hurt no one ".
I have a photo of my sisters and I, and the neighbor girls, when we were about that age, all filthy like that! GOOD memories! :o)
They look like kids who have had a lot of fun (Except for Donald and he's mad because it takes a long time to get that dirty and you're a mean Mom for ruining all his effort with the threat of a shower )
How long did it take to get every one clean?
Enjoy that sewing .De- dirting children ? A Clean house? You deserve some sewing time my friend.
Donald cracks me up. He reminds me of my middle son, twenty years ago.
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