day off from school

thanks to MLK day, we had no school today! I tried something new today, and spent the entire day at our best friend's house so that the kids could all play and hang out ... and we could enjoy a day of no driving and dropping, laundry, cleaning and organizing. I took my computer with me so I could finish a "picture project" for my mom ... figured out that I had to re-format my flash drive to "fat-32" (whatever) so that it would accept all of the pictures ... so I wasn't COMPLETELY USELESS!!

Once I finished the hard, hard work of the day ... we curled up on the sofas with blankets & iced tea and totally vegged in front of the huge tv, watched a full morning of TLC, then "The Devil Wears Prada" - can you say, awesome bangs & eyeliner - and then watched 3 episodes of "better by the dozen" about these amazing (sort-of) families with 12 or more kids. OMG OMG OMG!!

Meanwhile, our 6 kids ranging from 4 through 11 were truly having an awesome awesome day playing video games, outdoor football in 16 degree temps, hairstyling and creating a "spa" as well as eating pizza, birthday cake & everything else that wasn't nailed down in the house.

THE BEST DAY OFF FROM SCHOOL EVER!!!