Friday: arrival

We spent the morning cleaning.  While I did spend most of the morning getting ready, I also feel like it wasn't as stressful as normal.  The rest of the family helped out with a lot of the chores.  Joshua cleaned a bathroom for the first time and did a great job.  I had also given the kids a chore list, like normal, but then their last chore was to help mom for 400 minutes.  They both wondered why the number 400 and I told them it was easier to need them for less time to give them a "present" than need them for longer and have them "complain".  Honestly, it worked well because Joshua was very willing to help out with some of the little tasks that popped up near the end.

Aunt C came over for the afternoon.  Horizon followed her around for a while because she is his favorite person.

We mostly just hung out for the rest of the day.  The kids mostly did their own thing.  Joshua had made a puzzle this summer for just this occasion and it was put together.

We played a game of Can't Stop and Ben stole the win from Isaac so I was able to win!

We watched a movie after the younger kids went to bed and surprisingly no one fell asleep!  Liz and I were close, but the movie was interesting enough that we stayed awake.