Random

At 7am this morning, Mason came upstairs and announced, "I just cleaned the toilet!" A little later Elise came up and asked for a clean rag so that she could shine the faucet--she had cleaned the sink and countertop.

My husband is to be congratulated.

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My mom came to visit last week (hooray for moms coming to visit!!). It was wonderful. One day she succeeded in cleaning up the downstairs and the kids had a wonderful time doing it AND were happy afterwards. This is a feat I have yet to accomplish. How did she do it, you ask? By telling them she didn't want them to do it. 

"Now, whatever you do, don't pick up all the crayons scattered all over the floor and put them in their container."

"What?! You did that? Well, at least you didn't put them in the stripey closet. Wait! What are you doing putting those away? You naughty children--you don't listen to a word I say!"

Etc., etc.

The kids are having a wonderful time doing things I don't want them to do today. Like not putting away their laundry...or cleaning up the family room...or unloading the dishwasher, clearing the table, vacuuming and taking care of Lincoln. What naughty children I have! :o)

Stephen claims I like the game because I can be sarcastic with no one knowing it. There is something to that.

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Lincoln's 4th tooth made an appearance a few days ago. Two more will soon be following. He's a cute little side-step walker--he's got to be too little to be walking!!

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Around midnight last night there were 6 police cars outside our house with 2 police dogs. I think there was a domestic dispute down the road. 

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At the end of the very fun don't-do-what-I-tell-you game, my mom confided in me that sometimes she and Dad had to ban that game. I can understand the reasoning behind that now...so, if you'll excuse me, I need to go and not help my children...