Saturday

I am a happy lady today! I was supposed to work this morning but my director told me she had me covered and to just stay home and take care of the sick kids. Yay, I won't argue with that! So, I was able to sleep in until almost 8 this morning. Sawyer has been doing awesome sleeping in his own bed until at least 6 or 7 the last few days, so I am a much more rested person. I hope he continues this trend but I probably just jinxed myself. Part of me misses his warm little body snuggled against me, however. So far he has missed getting Strep throat, but he managed to catch a cold somewhere-he has red watery eyes and nose today-I hope that is not the start of strep in little ones. Time will tell.

I also woke up to very strong winds and snow (can't wait for spring....)-sounds like the house will blow over at times. Luckily I got all my groceries yesterday and picked up movies for family movie night tonight. I bought all the fixins for nachos, so I plan to start a fire, watch movies, and eat nachos this evening! Sounds like fun to me (:

Since I planned on not leaving the house and blowing away, I spent the morning cleaning and doing laundry-I can usually find anything else to do beside that, but I figured I had no excuse today and just did it. I love when my house is clean and makes me happy all day. Now if only the kids thought the same thing and actually helped keep it that way. I turn into the crabby mom every time I walk into a room I just cleaned and find there stuff thrown around-grrrr! Also, now that my daughter in nine, it was the first time she complained about helping me clean. Sawyer on the other hand followed me around with a rag and happily wiped everything while Alaina sat on the stairs in tears about how unfair I am (All I had asked her to do up until that point was clean out the dishwasher). Since she was complaining so much, I made her walk around the house and pick up toys, etc. and then mop the bathroom floor-she came around and even asked to mop the kitchen floor for me-how can I refuse that! It may not be perfect, but that is not the point when she was willing. Jonnie lucked out and spent the morning with daddy and grandpa looking at a combine. He, on the other hand, loves to help me clean and never complains-I guess I have to take advantage of that now. (:

Well, now I have the afternoon free! Sawyer is sleeping, the older kids are playing a game, and I can now sit on the computer (: Hope everyone is having a great Saturday! Stay warm for those of you who live in this tundra with us (: