It was a long day of putting away Christmas decorations, taking down the lights and cleaning the garage. Ron has wanted my car back in the garage for like 3 years.......Every few months we clear it out and get it all organized and the car is in the garage for like a week and then it is out in the driveway again.

Ron worked today so I started out in the house FINALLY taking down the tree and clearing the decorations out. Then the girls and I bundled up and headed to the garage. They rode bikes and scooters while I pulled weeds, emptied flower beds and trimmed plants. Then I moved on to the garage........ Meanwhile, the girls are racing around on toddler transportation and digging in the mud for WORMS! Yes, worms! We have 3 girls and they are up to their elbows in mud and dirt in my flower beds and planters digging up worms. Then they fought about who could carry one around. Finally, at one point, I asked Sarabeth to bring the last one they had over to me. Of course they had killed the poor worm. She kept saying "he's alive". Towards the end, they discovered that we had put these fluffy chairs in the garage a few months ago so they took them out to have a rest. Then they found the Costco shelf in the garage and sat down for a snack.

Anyway, it was a tremendously productive day for me. Ron helped me finish up when he got home. We came inside at like 4:30, made and ate dinner, gave baths and now they are watching a TV show. Whew! The big girls start back at preschool tomorrow. I am ready. Abby and I will run errands. Speaking of Abby, she was so wiped out that she fell asleep on the sofa about 40 minutes ago and I just carried her to bed. Poor baby. There were no naps today.