Saturday fun!

The last few weekends have been really busy and I've left my kids with a babysitter a little too much -- so much so that they groan when I say the word "babysitter" -- so we decided to take Saturday off. I was the only one with any commitments for the day, so the rest of the time we could all work. I am in the best mood because we were all so stinking productive!

Car -- cleaned! Inside AND out. Dustin even rearranged the car seats for me and Sadie is now facing forward!

Office -- spotless! The office turns into a pit since Dustin works from home and it drives me crazy to look in there. Usually it gets a good cleaning when he's out of town, but since the kids were sick last time he was gone, it got even worse. Now I actually know where everything is.

Dishes, laundry, dusting, floors, cleaning kids' rooms, organizing junk baskets and drawers. . . done.

Valentine's -- finished. I gave Ellie the choice of making them or buying them and she picked making them. I made a few samples of do-able Valentine's and let her pick what she wanted to do and then I spent one night last week cutting all the pieces for her to put together. She thought it was fun for about 5 minutes before she started complaining how boring it was to do the same thing over and over. Next year we're buying them!

Baby gifts -- wrapped and ready. Isn't everyone pregnant? Well now I've got all their gifts are ready to go thanks to the fact that everyone is having a boy and Target had these really cute stacking boxes on clearance. They are perfect to put presents in. Now I just need something creative for Mer since she's actually having a girl.

Garage -- cleaned! Dustin has been listening to me nag about the garage for months now, so I appreciate him spending the afternoon out there while I spent an hour socializing when I was out "picking something up."

So after all our hard work there was a knock at the door and my neighbor wanted to know if my kids could come out and play in the snow. Her husband had gone snow camping this weekend and brought back a truck load of snow. it wasn't long before the whole neighborhood was out for a massive snowball fight. I was surprised Nate got into it as much as he did, but he LOVED it. This is the way to do snow I tell you! A big fat pile in the 6o degree weather. PERFECT ending to a perfect day. Does it make me a sick person if cleaning and organizing can make me this happy?