The Aftermath

I forgot to take a picture of our messy living room until this evening. This is pretty much what it looked like this morning, though. All of the stuff was still in the living room, but the big boys still had their stuff in piles (minus the video games that are already well used) and Natalie's and Eric's stuff was spread out all over the place. Natalie's stuff was the most spread out because she used her stuff in different rooms. She and her friend M played with her Model Magic in the dining room. She put her Play-Doh Mega Factory near where the other Play-Doh is in the kitchen. Eric's stuff is still in the living room. He hung out in the living room all day playing with various toys. We'll have to clean this all up by tomorrow afternoon when our housekeeper comes so she can actually clean the floor without accidentally throwing away small toys.

I was able to drag a busy little boy away form his other toys to take a bath by enticing him with one of his new bath toys. Actually, he had been playing with his Thomas the Tank Engine flashlight inside the pantry with the door closed.

This new toy is a fishing set but here he is using it like his siblings before him. It's easier to manipulate the string directly instead of maneuvering the pole, so he is taking the easy route. His siblings used to do that too. I don't know if it's laziness or intelligence. If it was their Grandma, she would say it was intelligence since all of her grandkids are "Mensa babies". They love you too, Grandma!

You would think that fishing is peaceful and relaxing, but not in my household. You can see the bubbles in the water here from the agitation caused by little hands. The fish are "ninja fish" and they're thrashing around in the water attacking each other. There is splashing and throwing involved as well. There was also some shouting and screaming, which led to Patrick coming in to check on things. When he heard that the noise was mostly due to the "ninja fish", he knew everything was normal. ;)

We mostly stayed at home today, although Natalie and Alex did go to their friends' house. I took Anthony shopping to find some khaki pants that fit. The mall was absolutely packed, which is why I usually try to avoid the mall during the whole month of December. We came home empty-handed, as Anthony is a size 29x32 and all the pants with small waists were too short and all the pants that were long enough would have necessitated too much belt-tightening. We did, however, enjoy some Chinese food for lunch and Haagen-Dazs for dessert. Tomorrow we have to brave the grocery store and I plan to do a little more shopping.

I hope everyone out there is still having a wonderful holiday weekend!