Monday, January 4, 2010

monday

monday
m o n d a y
m o n d a y...
it was an early morning...
i knew it would be
first day back to school for the littles...
first early morning in two weeks
sleeping in is one of my favorite perks about a holiday break
i was not ready for the alarm to start singing at 6am this morning...
not ready at all
thank goodness i had a big mug full of coffee to get me started

i shuffled the littles off to school and headed back home to put the denali in park and
get the house in order
i came home to this
a mess
counter tops covered in stuff
s t u f f



i spent the lot of my day in the house/garage cleaning and organizing and
in the laundry room washing and folding...
i rearranged furniture and cleaned closets out...
felt a spring cleaning urge that i could not resist...
before i knew it...
it was time to pick up the kids from school!
*****
when were all home...
it was time for a snack and then some homework
with LanDoN


he LoVes homework and starts it pretty much
when he gets home from school
today he had some math to finish
i love this little guys hands


after math was completed and put away...

landon and i chose the book that we are going to read together this month...

james and the giant peach

i love this story

mikey and i read it together a few years ago...

he loved it so much and then loved it even more when we watched the movie together

then...

i walked in our bedroom just in time to catch some afternoon light creeping in from the window

after my photoshoot with the light...
i was hoping to sneak in a little power nap but the kids wanted to go outside and play...
so.....
we went outside and put them to work!
we had a yard full of leaves
l E a V e S!!
morgan and landon insisted on using the shop vac to clean all of the leaves in our front yard...
it works and is more fun than using a rake



l e a v e s

e v e r y w h e r e



after the kids vacuumed the leaves...
we headed out for a short family walk
{oops! no photos}
when we got home...
it was decided!
bReaKfaSt fOr dInNer
our favorite
while i was in the kitchen whipping up eggs and making waffles...
mr c and the kids were in the family room playing memory
{insert reason #12,947 why I love mr c}

it was a very loud and intense game of memory
lots of screaming and laughing


the game ended with a tie between mr c and mikey


after dinner...
morgan asked me to braid her hair
she loves for it to be wavy for school...
i was busy doing dishes and kitchen clean up
{still waiting on a maid}
so mr c offered his braiding skills to morgan

he looked a bit frustrated at first...
but i tell you what...
he braided her hair
i was impressed!



now it's time for bed
the little chickens are asleep
mr c is watching some late night football
a n d...
i'm blogging
while the dog is snoring!!
monday was great!
here's hoping tuesday gives it a run for the money
***time to go make the coffee***
6am comes early round here.
















2 comments:

  1. James and the Giant Peach was one of my son's favorite books for me to read to him. He's all grown now....but that book is one we kept!

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  2. hey sweet girl!
    i am sooooooooooo behind in dropping in on blogs, please forgive me!
    just got caught up with you.
    love all your fabulous photography too my dear!!

    have a wonderful happy new year
    xo

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