Today I slept in and then worked on my computer for an hour and a half (budget, journal, blog). Then I showered and got ready and started helping Lily with the house. She had already gotten a start and especially worked hard scrubbing black marks out of the wood and folding laundry. I helped Lily staple some fabric back on the underside of a piece of our coach (we couldn’t believe how much was under it when we tipped it!), cleaned Clarissa’s room, and then spent most of the rest of the day working on the craft room.
In the craft room, I hung peg boards, assembled a bench and assembled a foot-stool. Lily helped to organize everything. When it was all done, Lily and I just rested on the daybed (feeling so happy with how everything turned out) and we just watched the kids get lost in all the things they could do in the new craft room. They were so engaged, and they aren’t even allowed to paint yet (because the sink hasn’t arrived)!
Lily made a comment to me the other day about how precious every day is and how we should capture more every-day living moments. That conversation was in my mind when I snapped these videos:
Then Lily, Mary and I got some things done in the yard. I planted all my tomato sprouts, cleaned Basil’s poop, cleared out the old sandbox toys and got soil ready for Lily’s newly purchased flower seeds. Then Lily and Mary planted flowers.
Well after everyone’s bedtime, I caught Lydia, Ammon and Clarissa still in the craft-room. I couldn’t be too mad because I was so glad they love the craft-room so much!
Lily made delicious mashed sweet potatoes today. Clarissa begged to lick them off the spatula…