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.