Fulfilling a Saying

I recently became addicted to Pinterest.  I recently read a saying on Pinterest, "Good mothers have sticky floors, dirty ovens, and happy children."  I lived this today.  But in all honesty, for it to be completely accurate, it would need to say "dirty houses" not just ovens.

Thanks again to Pinterest for the activity idea.  The girls worked on their road map...

 while the boys put together $1 wooden vehicle kits from Michaels...

 I wish I remember what was being said here between the two girls, especially with the looks I caught on Sophie's face...

 Not sure what the deal is with Aubrey's E.T. finger...

 It was cool to see what kinds of areas each group of kids wanted drawn.  The girls wanted the ocean/beach, the beach house, tree's, a park and lots of roads.

 I'm super sad I didn't get better pictures of the boys' map.  They were very specific in the details of theirs.  First was the ocean/beach, then an airport, followed by a police station, fire station, a market "by the beach so when people were at the beach they could go buy stuff", a fruit stand, a helicopter pad, a park with a swing, a space station/launching pad, a hospital and palm trees.  Lots of palm trees.  They later had me add an island.

 The best part was when Colton painted a shark, complete with bloodied mouth, followed by a piranha.  That's Spencer's boat in the water, I never got pictures of Trenton helicopter or Colton's airplane. 

He also painted a dead guy (black stick figure with red blood) right outside the Fire Station.  Classic boy stuff.

Random Things I want to Remember about Today:

*The three extra kids didn't want to stay until they knew exactly what the project was.  Once I told them, they didn't hesitate to stay while Rachael went to the store.
*The boys did awesome putting together the vehicles by themselves.  Except Colton.  His was even a little tricky for me.
*Nothing gets them excited more than getting to use the glue gun.
*They were very impressed with my ability to draw a house that looked "just like our beach house!"
*That the first things they all wanted were oceans, beaches, and beach houses on their maps.
*That they were almost devastated by my lack of paints.  I need to replenish them soon.
*Their amazement over the fact that I could mix paint colors, especially when they needed brown.
*Colton's obsession with palm tree's with coconuts.  It was the first thing he painted.
*The boys' pre-planning meeting while I drew the girls' map.
*How much the girls, or really just Aubrey, played with their maps when they were dry.
*Sophie wanting to take it with her to my moms, after she made Jason close his eyes and taped it to the wall for him to look at.
*The teamwork and conversations and the fact that they're finally old enough to actually finish big projects.

I love that today I had sticky floors, a dirty house, and creative and happy children.