Thursday Neil called and said he needed to work late, until about midnight, and if I was okay at home. I didn't have the heart to tell him I was so exhausted and so I said I was. Well it was really rough day. I hadn't had one this bad in awhile. There was so much running to do and no time for a nap and so when I finally got home from picking the kids up from school, I knew I couldn't keep going. I asked the kids if they would please watch Eliza for a half hour because I really needed a power nap. They agreed and promised to not let her climb. I woke up a little over an hour later and as I made my descent down the stairs I was met by Lucy who took one look at me and turned into the little mommy. She said, "Mommy, your eyes still look red. You need to go back to bed and I'll come wake you up when it's time to get up." I'm thinking I've got to start on dinner and maybe put the beads on the Christmas tree so that it can be decorated but what the hay, I'll play your little game. So I went and laid down for another 15 minutes and got up and was once again met by Lucy who once again tried to persuade me to go back to bed. By now it was almost 6 and I really needed to get started on dinner. Lucy was not persuasive enough to get me to go back to bed and so in a final ditch effort she finally spilled the beans and told me that they were trying to clean the house and make dinner for me but they weren't ready yet. I went downstairs to find Sam at the stove making alfredo sauce (he learned to make it this summer). When I asked him how he knew how to find the recipe he said he just figured it was on my favorite cooking site MelsKitchenCafe and he was right and found it. Conner was hiding in the basement crying. He had overheard Lucy tell me the surprise and was so upset. He really wanted to surprise me. I pulled him onto my lap and he's almost too big for this now, but he told me they were just trying to make me happy and that I didn't even have to raise my voice. Now this is only the 2nd time in my life as a parent that my kids have worked together to try to clean the house to surprise me. It was awesome and yes I was so happy that they were so thoughtful and helpful. It made me feel like just maybe I was doing something right. I do have sweet kids.
Last night after our busy day all I wanted to do was go to bed so I hit the sack at 10. The house was a wreck again and Neil said he just couldn't go to bed and have the house be such a wreck for Sunday so he would stay up and clean a little. I woke up before everyone this morning and went downstairs to find everything as it was the night before, a disaster and I got a little sad and went into the living room and sat in the rocker. I started to read my scriptures and I looked up and saw that he had added the cement board to the entry way. The entry way has been a pain to prepare for tile. The cement was very unlevel and so Neil had to grind it down. Anyway, I figured he must have been working on that last night so I give him the benefit of the doubt and keep reading. Then I look up again and I notice the fireplace and about had a heart attack.
This is what I saw. He finally finished putting the tile on the fireplace. This has been going on for over 8 months so to say I was ecstatic is an understatement. So we just have to grout it now. I was one happy lady. Come to find out, Neil was up until 4:30 in the morning finishing it. That's what it is going to take to finish our projects. We can only do it when the kids are in bed. They are just a little demanding right now.
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