Three Day Weekend
Happy belated Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
We had an exciting three day weekend. On Saturday, I made the kids good clean their assigned rooms. (Each child has a room or section of the house that they are responsible for cleaning: kitchen, dining room, living room, or hall/bathroom/entry) The kids were rewarded with tootsie rolls for tasks completed, and by around noon, the house looked pretty clean and I let them get out the big box of little Legos and they had a blast scattering them throughout the house for the rest of the day. (While we were busy with this, Steven was taking his GMAT test, and got a really good score on it, too! He came home and submitted his application to the MBA program he wants to attend.)
Sunday was busy with church meetings and relaxing. The kids spent a significant portion of the day playing with Legos.
On Monday, since the kids were out of school, I decided that the bedrooms needed to be cleaned. Hannah sequestered herself in her room, the boys worked in theirs, and I worked in my room, when I wasn't in the boys room telling them what to pick up. When I got frustrated with the boys, Steven took over directing their efforts. By lunch time, all the bedrooms were vacuum-able, and Steven and I had moved on to a new task. We started packing books into boxes so we could move the bookshelves and other furniture out of our room. Later that afternoon I took the kids out to a park and then a McDonald's play area so Steven could start painting our bedroom. We are getting so close to getting our house fixed up, and finally completing the tasks we set for ourselves months ago. (See post here.) The popcorn has been scraped off the ceilings, we're finishing up the painting - of walls and ceilings. The kitchen cabiniets are almost finished; one side needs some touch up white paint, and a couple coats of polyurethane and they'll be done. Considering our financial situation at the moment I'm guessing we'll have to forget about replacing the carpets for the time being. But it definitely looks more homey!
Today the kids are back in school. Steven is back in the bedroom painting. Life is good.
We had an exciting three day weekend. On Saturday, I made the kids good clean their assigned rooms. (Each child has a room or section of the house that they are responsible for cleaning: kitchen, dining room, living room, or hall/bathroom/entry) The kids were rewarded with tootsie rolls for tasks completed, and by around noon, the house looked pretty clean and I let them get out the big box of little Legos and they had a blast scattering them throughout the house for the rest of the day. (While we were busy with this, Steven was taking his GMAT test, and got a really good score on it, too! He came home and submitted his application to the MBA program he wants to attend.)
Sunday was busy with church meetings and relaxing. The kids spent a significant portion of the day playing with Legos.
On Monday, since the kids were out of school, I decided that the bedrooms needed to be cleaned. Hannah sequestered herself in her room, the boys worked in theirs, and I worked in my room, when I wasn't in the boys room telling them what to pick up. When I got frustrated with the boys, Steven took over directing their efforts. By lunch time, all the bedrooms were vacuum-able, and Steven and I had moved on to a new task. We started packing books into boxes so we could move the bookshelves and other furniture out of our room. Later that afternoon I took the kids out to a park and then a McDonald's play area so Steven could start painting our bedroom. We are getting so close to getting our house fixed up, and finally completing the tasks we set for ourselves months ago. (See post here.) The popcorn has been scraped off the ceilings, we're finishing up the painting - of walls and ceilings. The kitchen cabiniets are almost finished; one side needs some touch up white paint, and a couple coats of polyurethane and they'll be done. Considering our financial situation at the moment I'm guessing we'll have to forget about replacing the carpets for the time being. But it definitely looks more homey!
Today the kids are back in school. Steven is back in the bedroom painting. Life is good.
Sounds like one of those satisfyingly productive days.
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