sunny saturday....

I wish I had as much energy as Rosie. Seriously. I took her outside, came in and changed a diaper, did some laundry, cleaned up some random things (one thing I have learned: do not smell underwear to see if they are clean or dirty, simply assume they are dirty and hamper them), changed Jon's bedding, had a wonderful omelet (red peppers, bacon, mozzarella cheese, and onions) compliments of Paul while the kids ate the pancakes he made for them, cleaned up the kitchen and did the dishwasher, changed another diaper, cuddled my spoiled and sweetly clingy two year old....and I am out of steam. One would not guess in a million years that these floors were swept and mopped YESTERDAY! And since the living room is our playroom there is dollhouse stuff, duplo blocks, and Jonathan's train set, along with a LittleTikes tractor trailer and shopping card, a huge Tonka crane, a set of army men, Jon's bag of Webkins, and a few books scattered around just for good measure. I don't exactly mind, although it DID look nice in here yesterday. But I like that the kids are where I am.

Emily has invited the kids over to her house for dinner tonight. She has no tv and no toys, but my guess is that they will have a pretty good time anyways. Emily is fun. She is smart and giving and motivated, she can laugh at herself. She loves and appreciates the kids, and she has always taken the time to do fun things with them. I would really like to go too, but somehow I think they would like it if I didn't.

Camille has a cold. She isn't miserably sick, but just enough that she wants to snuggle more than usual. She has been saying, "I want you", to me for a while now, but now she is starting to say, "I need you, Mommy." And of course I like it. Not that she doesn't go play and read books and get into things, she just will suddenly remember that she loves me, and hold out her arms....sometimes she tells me to go sit in my chair, because she knows that then I will be accessable for hugs. Hey, I don't mind.

I don't have concrete plans for today, but I am thinking of going to the small grocery store in the next town because they have 4 coupons to triple. Is it worth going to the store just to get four things for free or close to it?

The older kids are now eating breakfast. I have been tempted a few times through the years to put an end to the 24 hour kitchen, but I want a house that is a home, not an institution. It WOULD be handy to have them all report for breakfast at 9 am., but...ha, they would hate it. The younger kids will be wanting lunch soon, but the pancakes are still out. ( The early birds get the bacon.) We do have dinner all together every night though. Not that there aren't times when we are halfway through and one of them walks in and says, "Oh, I didn't know we were eating!"....(usually Sam).....

There is so much going on here that I cannot concentrate. Suzanne's SIMS family (computer game) just had a fire in their house, Paul is playing his guitar, Mirielle is looking at a tourist booklet for Prince Edward Island, home of Anne of Green Gables....she want to go there. Sonja is playing dollhouse with Charlotte Claire, and Camille is....uh-oh....oh good, she is in Evelyn's room with her. Phew, I was already dreading the mess and there isn't one.