Just a typical Saturday

Today:

Sleep in (or at least try to)

Watch cartoons/play video games/fiddle with the blog

breakfast (blueberry waffles with syrup AND whipped cream for Madelyn)

dishes

I sweep and mop all the floors

Mark cleans the stove

Luke tries to eat another pair of Mark's ear buds

Mark paints shelves in the garage

Me: "You're not painting in THAT, are you?! Change into your old sweatshirt, for crying out loud!"

Mark starts to paint the walls in the garage when I decide I hate the color and need to mix something new

Wait, is the world coming to an end?? You'd think so, the way Madelyn reacts (for the second time) when I tell her she can't wear her (theoretical, because we haven't bought it yet) Mulan Halloween costume to gymnastics, because it goes clear to the floor and has huge sleeves and it would get ripped and she wouldn't be able to do the splits or climb the rope. So she has to wear her SuperGirl costume from last year. I predict that she will have at least three more meltdowns because of this.

Give the boys haircuts. One of these days, Luke's gonna lose an eye because he likes to thrash around so much when I've got the scissors by his head.

The boys shower off and I scrub the bathroom

 The kids jump on the bed

I gather up the laundry--Madelyn was trying to leap over a mud puddle at school yesterday and slipped and fell in it instead. I had to go bring her a change of clothes.

Lunch: I give the kids rolled up slices of ham with some apple slices, Wheat Thins, string cheese and Nilla Wafers. Madelyn: "I don't like ham. I don't want it." Me: "Yes you do, try one bite." Madelyn (takes a bite) "Oh, yeah, I like ham. I forgot."

I upload pictures from one of my cameras, and there are eleven of them just like this, because Luke's been pressing the shutter button while the lens is still on .

Luke has his way with the toiletries in the linen closet. I suspect he's always wanted to do this.

Luke's afternoon nap

Mark's afternoon nap

The kids watch eight episodes of The Pink Panther and Pals

More laundry

More dishes

And now I get to go rearrange and organize this mess, which I've been needing to do for a while anyway.

But first we're going to bake cookies and finish watching another anthropological documentary, which we've been watching a lot of lately.

I love Saturdays!