Our first "free" weekend.

This was our first "free" Saturday since mid-August. In some ways, it was a relief to not "have" to be anywhere at any certain time. In other ways it felt like ground zero.

9:30am...kids are told to clean their rooms.
11:00 am...kids informed that the cafeteria does not open until their room is clean.
11:15am, even boys room is done. (2 & 6) They get lunch, and help Dad move the computer from our bedroom to the family room. (Baby Guy is more than happy to throw the papers off the desk so Daddy can move it.)
12:30pm. Odd boys (1 & 3) start cleaning their room, because well, they're hungry.
2:30 pm...Mom sits in their room until it is done.
3:00 pm....Mission accomplished! Last bedroom is cleaned, and ready to vacuum. Now if they'd just fold their laundry....

In addition to helping me get the boys to take care of their stuff, DH moved a desk, two chairs, two couches, a bed, and the entertainment center to new locations to appease my "fall cleaning bug." I can't clean in Spring. We have soccer.

I attacked the bathroom, with bleach....wearing navy pants and a navy sweatshirt. Not my brightest moment.

The girls were busy with care bears, tea parties, crayons and kitchen raids. Princess D was in charge, of course.

And all this was before the errands of the day.

After the errands of the day was an attempt to watch the KSU football game, and listening to the boys play "stuffed animal war." This is an exciting game that is essentially a mix between a pillow fight, king of the mountain, and a catapult. For added excitement, they allowed Baby Guy upstairs to serve as a "mine." Any stuffie he touched would automatically become "mine."
Chip and KSU were predictably the targets of the day, so we had to put an end to it.
Now everyone's asleep, and I just hope I don't wake up to a stuffed animal ambush. After all, all is fair in love and war.