Ants Go Marching/Very Busy Weekend

We started out our weekend early with Vincent having some time away from home.  A friend of mine homeschools and her two daughters just started doing an hour and a half of teaching preschoolers once a week called ABC Play With Me.  We signed Vincent up for every session (each six week session is $15 and if you sign up for all three, it's $40.  It is a steal!  We may need to throw in a tip later. =)  These girls are 10 and 11 and taught Vincent and three other kids about ants.  They did an experiment on the driveway with food on the cracks and waited for ants to come eat it, sang the "Ants Go Marching" song (Vincent's been singing it for DAYS!), and made this cute little ant out of an egg carton and pipe cleaners.  Vincent has been showing it off to everyone he sees at our house.

 I saw my friend on Saturday and she said she overheard her girls saying, "Vincent signed up for the whole time!" I got a little worried, but then she said they then talked about how fun he is and how he listened to them.  Whew!  Our kids are usually better behaved for other people.  He IS a fun kid, just a bit defiant sometimes.
I had an hour and a half to myself (and Abby).  I went to the bank and then came home and napped for a bit because Abby was up crying a bunch on Thursday night.  She's getting some new back teeth and was mad.  I think I slept about three hours total.  I took a little rest until my alarm on my phone went off to go pick him back up.  Then a friend of mine from high school called and said she was on her way to come and visit us, so it worked out perfectly to visit after we got back with Vincent.  (I did arrange that, so it wasn't a surprise.)  I think most Fridays I'll take this time to go grocery shopping or take Abby to the library story time.
I had a fun visit with my friend and her super cute nine month old.  I didn't even take their picture!  I should have.  It was so nice to talk with her again.
My mom took a quilt class here in town and then agreed to come and spend the night so Andy and I could go to the Temple early Saturday morning (last day it's open in the month.)
We gave my mom her Mother's Day gift early.

It's a photo book from My Publisher with all of the grandkids.  (My Publisher has a free $20 book for anyone who signs up for an account and you just have to pay the $8 shipping.) I asked each sibling to send pictures of their kids to me and to keep it a secret. There is a page for each grandkid with a baby picture and a current picture and their name and birthday.  I only messed up one middle name, so I think I did pretty good. There is a page with each set of siblings in their own picture and more in the back of the book with most of the group shots we have taken.  We don't have any of all of the kids together because one of them lives in Ohio and we haven't ever met him.  One day we will.  My parents have met him.  My mom really likes pictures and no one is pregnant now (I don't think-not me!), so this was a good year to make this.

I chatted with a neighbor before my mom and I took the kids with us to the grocery store.  I asked him about our glass shelf in the fridge that I broke last Thanksgiving.  He fixes appliances and immediately called a guy to see what it would cost.  He told me it'd only be $20 for the actual fridge piece of glass that goes all the way across our fridge.  I think even plexiglass would cost more than that.  He said he'd order it and it should be here Tuesday.

A friend of mine wrote a Shakespearean play that was performed locally that my mom mentioned that she wanted to go to.  We were having game night (recently changed days again) and an out of town guest, so I told her she could take my girls.  She brought three dresses that she made for me and my sister and Elizabeth's wearing one of my old dresses here.  My cousin had a dress like this when she was in a HS pageant when I was little and my mom made it for me then so I could be like my older red-headed cousin.
The girls had a special night out with Grandma.

My visiting teacher dropped by with cupcakes and my mom made cream puffs, so we even had yummy treats. We enjoyed our game night and ended up having an in town guest who is an infrequent visitor who came over to visit with our other friend who was one of our original game night friends before he moved to Hawaii and then the other side of the State, married, and settled over there.  He still comes to see his mom sometimes and calls us if he has an evening available to play games.  We laughed and laughed and had a good time.

Andy and I went to the 8:15 am session at the Temple so we could get home and do the other things on the calendar.  It was a very nice session (of course!) and so nice to go together.
When we were done there, we went to Costco and then the car wash before heading home to find four happy kids and my mom who seemed happy too (although I'm sure she was ready to head out).  While we were away, my mom taught Olivia how to make a yoyo (circle fabric with stitching around the outside and then you pull the thread to make a little puff.)  Olivia is making little pin cushions to sell at a friends kiddie craft sale.  Friday night my mom assisted Elizabeth while she hand stitched a Barbie dress to sell.  When we got home, they said they lost a needle, so we vacuumed and searched the vacuum dust, but didn't see it, so hopefully it was just hiding in the dust someplace.
I had to quickly change into jeans before going to a friend's baby shower.  (Do I have too many friends?  Never!)  This is her fifth child and fourth boy, but it has been awhile since the last one (five years).  It's always fun to have a party with friends.  The super nice lady who hosted it had a brunch all set up.  I love the low key showers without the worry of decorations or goodie bags or games or prizes.  I'd much rather the host spend her energy making delicious food.  That's what this friend does.  YUM!

Here I am with my friend, Valaney.  She didn't want her pregnant belly online, so I cropped it. =)

When I got home Andy and I met with the sister missionaries for our weekly meeting.  Then I had a little break while Andy ran an errand or two and then I went to the library quickly, came home for a bit, talked with neighbors, and then Andy and I were off to our date.  We had delicious Mexican food before going to our Stake Adult Talent Show.  Andy was the emcee.

 And he was in a skit from our ward too.  It was set up so each ward had one act perform so it wouldn't be too long.  Their skit was a guy in a chair watching tv with a big remote (he's not in this picture, but the tv is over there on the right side) and he changes the channels to each of these characters and they sort of finish each other's sentences and it's funny.  The lady on the left is a British cook, then Andy is a Boy Scout, a very energetic fitness dude, a grandma story lady, a sportscaster, and a gangster.

 Andy had this shirt from when we were Cub Scout leaders a few years ago and borrowed the hat from his dad.  It used to be Andy's grandpa's Corp of Engineers hat.  Andy used a funny voice (and so did the fitness guy-think Richard Simmons) and got a lot of laughs.  Someone else is supposed to send me the video, so I'll post that when I get it.

 Our babysitter bathed the kids, fed them, watched the new Muppets movie, and then was playing Candyland with them when we got home.  Abby kept trying to sit in the middle of the board.  She thinks she's a star.  The kids had a great time!
We tucked the kids into bed and I spent about 20 minutes cutting, scouring ads, and arranging coupons before I headed out to the store. I had a bunch of coupons that were expiring and deals to be had.  I got this whole picture of stuff for $27.58.  It's normally closer to $50.  I only paid regular price for the eyelash curler and Andy's pop and those two things were $7.  I had a coupon or price matched for everything else.

Here's my breakdown:
-The two Head and Shoulders shampoos (Andy uses that) were buy one get one free and I price matched, so I got them both for $5.99.
-Barilla Whole Wheat Pasta were .08 cents each because I had two dollar off coupons.
-Pomegranate Crasins were $1.88 each, but I had $1 off each bag, making them 88 cents each.
-The Jello was $2.98, but I had a $1 off coupon.
-Eclipse gum was buy one get one free, so I spent 96 cents for both of them.
-Green Onions are normally $1.28 and I had a $1 off coupon so they were just 28 cents each.
-The Ocean Spray juice is $2.98 each and I used my two buy one get one free coupons to get all four of them for $5.96.
-Ken's Dressing was on sale at a different store for 99 cents so I price matched at Walmart and then I had two $1 off coupons, so I made 2 cents buying them.
-Blue Bonnet was 88 cents at a different store, so I price matched that twice.

I felt awesome when I got home and had to spread it all out on the table for Andy to guess how much I spent on all of it.
Buying it at the store was a pain because the cashier kept ringing up the shampoo wrong and messed up her computer so we had to start over.  She rang them up as $2.99 and $3 instead of both as the $5.99 she was supposed to do before subtracting the $5.99 with the coupon and then she'd get all messed up and try to ring it up again charging me more.  She finally canceled it all and started over and did it right. I know the $2.99 and $3 makes sense that that's what I pay, but that's not how you ring it up.  It just doesn't make sense when you use the coupon then.  She had to call the manager guy over a few times.  I'm pretty sure some people behind me were annoyed with me, but it wasn't me.  I DID let three people go ahead of me who were together and each just had a few things while I arranged my stuff on the counter and I didn't go in the lane with the cigarettes.  The people who kept getting huffy at me had a whole cart of stuff anyway.  Whatever.  I saved almost half of what I spent and felt great (couponer's high)!  Next time, I won't go in that cashier's lane though.  She had a rough time with it.

Sunday morning Andy went early for a PPI with the Bishop and then came home and we all got ready (well, they all did.  I slept in because Abby woke me up at 6:30 again and I had to search the house for her special blanket.)  We got there in time for Andy to practice with the ward choir and Vincent and I went to the library to get a picture of a cow for his primary "Family History Moment".  He told this story about my dad that my mom shared with us on Friday:

"When Grandpa Paul was a little boy like me, he would get all the cows to the barn and to their stalls where his dad would milk them twice a day.  He knew all their names and where they were always milked.  By the time he was seven years old, he DROVE a tractor!  I love Grandpa Paul."

I helped Vincent with his part and I subbed Olivia's class while Andy taught the Gospel Principles class and then had a part in the fifth Sunday combined adult class for the third hour.  Abby was held by one of our friends during Primary and then ran around the class crying while I tried to teach the lesson.  Some of the kids got it, I hope.  I also made some compassionate service dinner plans.  Man, we are so busy.  I'm glad to be done subbing in the Primary.  I think I need a few weeks off from that.  Time for my Sunday nap....or dinner since it's almost 5pm and Abby just woke up?  Hmmm, what to make?  I think I'll have Elizabeth make Hamburger Helper from our stash of food. Easy, peasy.  And off to the next week!

But Y?

This morning I was in charge of our little preschool swap.  We have made our way through the alphabet and got to Y this morning.  Since Abby was sleeping, I had time to take pictures.  (You guys know how I like to take pictures...)

The boys were so cute!

Three cute little boys making a person Y. (Vincent is in the yellow shirt facedown.)

I had three yard sticks (that weren't broken-our insurance hands them out and one is old from a place we lived at a long time ago) and we measured them and they were all taller than a yard and then they checked to see how far they could jump.

They used the three yard sticks to make a big Y and then each sat in a section of it to listen to "The Crayon Box That Talked" book (it's a great story!)  We talked about what they did yesterday.

We made some yellow playdough.

 And colored our pictures (yarn, yak, yacht, and yo-yo), traced our Y's.

Made Y's out of popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, and yarn and talked about yo-yos.

We had a yellow snack of bananas, goldfish crackers, cheese sticks, and lemonade and I asked them whether the things on their plates were yummy or yucky (one boy doesn't like bananas and Vincent didn't like the cheese stick.)  I spilled a little lemonade and exclaimed, "Yippers!"  They thought it was funny.

We finished with tossing a yellow ball and practicing our yodels, yawning, yippeeing and yahooing.  There was hardly any yelling.  I thought it'd be fun to go and play in the yard, but it was raining and one of Vincent's friends didn't come with shoes, so we nixed that idea.

The playdough was too soft or didn't have enough flour to play with AT preschool (Darn!  Less mess!), so we put it in the fridge and Vincent played with it after his friends went home.

I love preschool!  Just a few more weeks until we have their little graduation party.  None of them are actually graduating to kindergarten, since they won't be five yet, so we'll see if we have the same group next year (plus one girl---maybe more???)

Brusha Brusha

Abby kind of likes to brush her teeth.
She reaches up for her toothbrush every time she goes in the bathroom and begs to brush her teeth.  Obviously, we help her out a little when she's done.  =)
 
This little girl is a cleaner!  I'm SO thrilled!  She will help anyone clean up their toys, makes sure garbage is in the garbage, and will find any little Lego and put it in her mouth before bringing it over to me and spitting it into my hand (it's great!).
Tonight I took my shoes and socks off while she was playing near me and she put my socks into my shoes and wanted to carry them off to my room immediately.
Here are some pictures of her teeth brushing time Wednesday night.
Yelling at me to give her the toothbrush.

 She has a new tooth way back there!

 She likes to have some water on it and climbs onto the stool to get closer.

 She has fantastic technique.

 This girl is so much fun!

We had a busy, fun day today.  We went visiting teaching, then stopped by a few friends, then went visiting teaching again, had lunch, picked up the girls at school and visited the book fair, came home, made dinner, ate dinner, babysat a friend's kids (they watched Star Wars with Andy because they'd never seen it.  They liked it!), and watched some American Idol (Jacob's our favorite!)

Gorgeous

Tuesday was such a beautiful day!  As soon as the girls walked in the door after school, they were ready to play outside in the water.  It doesn't feel like April.  It's more like June around here.  I LOVE Spring the very most and am sad that it came and went so quickly.

The girls like to put the slide next to the sprinkler.

 Running through the sprinkler didn't last long before they were lounging in the sun.  Luckily, they don't stay still for long, so no one was sunburned or anything.

 The girls invited a neighbor over to play.  She didn't want to find her swimsuit, but she did want to play.
Bubbles were a lot of fun on a slightly breezy day!

 We hurried and ate some dinner before heading to the Fifth Annual Clot Trot.  We were too late for the tshirts that fit little kids, but Elizabeth got an adult large shirt.  Olivia didn't want one anyway.

 We have been to every one of these events because it's put on by the family of Andy's boss.  It is to bring awareness to genetic blood disorders.  Sam (the boss) has four daughters and one son.  This particular blood disorder is Hemophilia and it makes it so it takes his blood longer to clot and longer for him to heal from injuries.
I took the kids over to sign up before Andy was done working and could meet us there.  He was late, so we started about 8 minutes after the group.  Since we were walking the mile, it didn't matter all that much because there is always a traffic jam right at the beginning anyway.  The kids were getting impatient though.
Olivia ran to catch up with Elizabeth.  The little girl with the blue shirt to the left of Olivia was already on her way back!

 Andy holding Vincent's hand.  These guys are buddies.

 Olivia finished first.  Then Elizabeth, Abby, and I crossed the line and Andy and Vincent were the last walkers.  Other people did the 5K and ran in after them, but I don't think that counts.  We were still pretty fast for starting late.  It took all of us less than twenty minutes.  Vincent even walked the whole time!

 Our four kiddos.  They really enjoy the treats after the mile walk.

 This is Aaron who has Hemophilia. He did cross country and track in high school along with a few instruments and is super smart to boot!  He just got his mission call.  (His short shorts are his running shorts.)

 Sam has this cool old fire engine that he brings to the Clot Trot each year. It's an attention getter for sure!  He makes the siren go to signal the start of the race.

One year Andy drove this fire engine in a Fourth of July parade and I was the passenger who got to pull the siren.  We were extra noisy because there was a cheer group behind us chanting "Oh Mickey, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind, hey mickey!"  It was annoying, to say the least and it was HOT that day and I am pretty sure I was just starting to build Elizabeth that summer.

We hurried home so I could go on exchanges with our sister missionaries while the kids had baths.

Girl party

We had a little road trip Saturday to visit Sara and the girls (David was working) and to go to Sara's baby shower for their baby boy (Ezra).  George and Shirley drove up too and then the boys all went to Cabela's during the baby shower.  They went and did manly bonding (ala "The Wedding Planner").  I hear that Vincent enjoyed the "stuffed animals" there, especially the monkeys.  Another favorite was the rhinoceros.

Meanwhile, we played.  Sara had quite a bit of help opening her gifts. (Sami, Daphne, and Abby).  She got some super cute boy things.

The games were fun.  Elizabeth has yarn necklaces that she won for catching people crossing their legs.  Sami got a bottle with candy in it (a regular unopened candy went to the winner). 

 Olivia won a candy for a bingo. (We each had a card that we filled out with ideas of what we thought Sara might open and then when she opened it, we could cross it off on the card.)  Daphne and Olivia LOVED the chocolate covered strawberries.

 Abby is a hoot.  She went around mooching candy off people and spilling red punch all over the carpet (well, that was only once...)

We had a fun trip and a nice little visit.  Next time we see them, they will be a family of five!  Just a few weeks left.

Renewal

I love springtime!
It makes me want to plant things, play tennis, and have fun outside!
I LOVE watching my lilacs bloom and enjoy the smell they bring to our yard.

I was talking with a friend of mine and she was asking me if I get bored staying at home with my kids (she is a single working mom).  I had to laugh.  I'm very rarely bored.  That got me thinking of all the things I'm so glad that I haven't had to miss.

-diaper changes (even the smelly ones) and tickles or peek a boo that follow.
-funny things kids say when we are running errands.
-helping at the school in the girl's classrooms and getting to know their classmates.
-sicknesses at home and not having to figure out what to do with them other than help them get healthy again.
-first steps, first words, first rebelling (even though that is annoying, it means they are learning new things, right?)
-relaxing lunchtime and knowing their favorite foods.
-teaching kids to clean.
-making dinner (most nights).
-storytime in the middle of the day.
-homework help after school.
-trading babysitting for doctor appointments and volunteering.

I'm not saying that being a stay at home mom is the only way to be because I know there are many different paths and everyone can make their own decision about that, but I do know that I'm where I need to be for my family and I'm learning to appreciate the work that I do in my home and with my family.
 (My iris peeking through the leftover leaves.  I love when friends are unloading plants and give them to me.)

Do I get bored?  No.  There's too much going on to be bored and if there isn't, then it's nice to just relax and be with my family or chill and read a book.  Most days there's so much going on, I feel insane and then the kids add to all the craziness.  Bored.  Never.

Artistic?

I like to think that as a parent I'm helping to prepare my children for their future professions; however, I normally do not encourage their ambitions as a way to decorate my home.
Selection #1:
I did want to decorate his walls, but this wasn't what I had in mind... (I do like his special name frame his grandma made for him though.)

 He fell asleep like he was supposed to after all his hard work.

 I guess this one's pretty good.  At least I know he can draw straight lines?

 This one just looks like bloody fingerprints on the wall.

 He gave himself some nice arm tattoos and gave his sheet a pattern (but didn't color on the new pillowcase Grandma Mary made for him).  Selective art?

Did you know that baby wash in a washcloth will remove permanent sharpie marker from skin (including under the hair?)  It does.  It surprised me since baby wash is supposed to be super gentle....It didn't work on the walls though. =(
I looked up how to clean it in my "Queen of Clean" book that I got a long time ago (one of those rip off mail order book things) and it said to use super cheap hairspray (the cheaper the better) and that will remove it.  It did help a little, but the marks are still there.
Andy went to the store after he went home teaching tonight and picked up a magic eraser for me, so guess what Vincent will do tomorrow afternoon (with major guidance)?
That kid!

Meanwhile, Abby is constantly climbing on everything (including the tables and tv cabinet).  I haven't found her on top of the fridge yet (Andy's sister did that) and I hope it doesn't come to that.  I think it'd be harder in our house without cabinets next to the fridge.

When is MY Spring Break?  I need one.  How is it only Tuesday?

Workin' it out

Saturday I planned on doing just one thing.  I guess I don't relax very well because just doing one thing turned into a bunch of things.
The sister missionaries came over for their meeting with Andy that I sit in on to discuss missionary work in our ward at 10am, so I got up just before that and threw on my workout clothes.
Then Andy went outside to work on the sprinklers and assigned leaf cleanup to the kids.  They just weren't doing it.  I went out to help (I needed to get some exercise anyway).  We got it done together.  They also then picked up buckets of sticks.  Vincent and Olivia had a bath since they were all dirty.
Andy went and got some parts he needed while I showered and got ready for the day.  The one thing I had on the calendar for today was going to see a friend of mine who wrote a book at an author signing at Barnes and Noble in the mall.  So cool!  This is her first book.

 After that quick visit to the mall, I went to crazy Costco and then wild Walmart to pick up our groceries and then delivered some pans back to friends who lent them to me.
When I got home it was nearly time to make dinner.  We had waffles, eggs, bacon, and orange juice.  Dishes were done.  Laundry was started.
Rooms were changed around.  What?!  Yes, I'm a little crazy.  I did go to the mall, Costco, and Walmart all in one day after all!
Vincent has been in a room with Elizabeth and Olivia since Abby was born and it is now time for him to be in his own room since he's a boy and not very modest or nice at bedtime.
We put Abby in the girl room and Vincent in Abby's old room with the computer and food storage stuff.  He fills up this corner and wall nicely.  I think I need to get him some decorations for that big white wall!  I did everything except taking apart and putting his bed back together in the shifting around.

I turned the bunk beds the other way to make room for the crib.

We now have a wall of shelves and dressers.

Abby settled right in.  She LOVES that blanket!

Meanwhile, Andy fixed our backyard sprinklers that broke last year, put drippers in the front roses, tested all the sprinklers, and set them up with the timer.  AND he gave Vincent a haircut after dinner too!  Elizabeth had a shower and Vincent and Abby had a bath.  Andy had a second shower too.  We used a lot of water today!
So much for a relaxing Saturday!  The laundry is done and so are the dishes.  I did plenty of moving around today for exercise!
Maybe I'll nap after church...

Bake Sale Extravaganza

I didn't do a lot other than bake sale stuff this week until it was done, but now that it is, wheww!  Our school PTA has a carnival in the spring and it is our main fundraiser for the year, so we go all out.  We have carnival games, bounce houses, concession food (hot dogs, nachos, etc), silent auction, and of course the bake sale.
They were asking for people to run things a few years ago and one of them was running the whole carnival and being in charge of getting everything set (signs, prizes, volunteers, permits, etc) and another was bake sale.  I quickly agreed to bake sale.  I can handle that!  Handle it, I did.
But first, Vincent was bad at going to bed Tuesday night (getting out of bed and into Olivia's, opening and closing the closet, turning the light on, slamming doors, etc) so he ended up with six chore sticks.  He was out of control (and I think I probably was too.)  Wednesday morning he drew pick up sticks outside, wash baseboards, wash walls, pick up toys, and clean doorknobs.  I had him put these old holey socks on his hands and then sprayed them down so he could get the doorknobs nice and clean.  Then he used them to clean the walls and baseboards and then they went in the laundry.  Worked out pretty good.

 Meanwhile, I was a baking machine!  I made 54 banana muffins (a triple batch!) and 140 cake pops and 10 cupcakes (with leftover batter).

 Here are the cakepops all wrapped up and ready to go.

 Thursday I went over to the school to price the treats other people made, but there was just one bag of treats and a few baking mixes, so I went home and used the mixes to make cupcakes.  We request either treats or baking supplies if people don't want to bake.  I'd rather not buy all the supplies, but if people want to donate them, that's okay with me.  Another friend of mine took some supplies home too.
I call this my tower of cupcakes.  I used every cookie sheet in my house! I made 92 cupcakes and 106 mini cupcakes.

This year the health department said that we had to package each treat individually, so we put most cupcakes in their own little cup.  I also raised the price of the cupcakes from a quarter to fifty cents since the cups alone cost almost five cents each.  Last year we had cupcakes on baking sheets and they were covered with plastic and then one of my helpers would wear gloves and hand the cupcake to the person.  It was easier this year without the gloves, but the cups were kind of a hassle.  Several people asked who came up with that and thought it was great that they were each in a cup.  I had forks available so they could eat them easier too.
I spent most of the day Thursday baking those treats in between taking Vincent to preschool and then picking Olivia up after school.  Elizabeth had activity day and Andy picked her up from that.  I threw dinner together after baking and doing laundry all day.  Simple chicken with seasoning and baking potatoes.  Then Elizabeth was off to Jujitsu and then she and Andy had a ward choir practice to help them get ready for our ward conference this Sunday before we had game night.  Thursdays are always SOOOO busy!
Friday morning when I went to the school to price things, I was pleasantly surprised by a table of treats.  Several big PTA helpers made a bunch of these and a few people even brought purchased treats.  Those ones in the middle there are cupcakes decorated to look like lions, tigers, and zebras.  They were much cuter before I put the plastic on.  Abby was chilling in the stroller back there.  This is the picture all the treats except for mine.  I didn't haul mine to the school just to stack them in the conference room.  I took them later that afternoon.

 Here I am with my bake sale all set up.  Treats ranged from a quarter for a mini cupcake, one cookie, or one brownie to $4 for eight muffins.

We didn't get as many cookies as normal this year, but my cake pops were a huge hit!  One family alone bought 30 or so to take home!  We ended up with a bunch of cupcakes left over, but our young woman's organization at church is having a yard sale in a few weeks, so one of the leaders bought the rest of the cupcakes (at a discount ;) to freeze for that.
Abby didn't have much of a nap Friday because she mostly just sleeps in her bed and we weren't home much and when we were she wouldn't sleep.
She sure was getting sleepy when the carnival was about to start.

 It took her 14 minutes of sitting there still to go to sleep. She was wiped out.

 Andy came and took the kids around to the games.  They each had a bag of chips.

The carnival was a success.  People kept coming back for more, so I guess the treats were yummy.  I personally did not try them all.  They are not on my diet plan, but I did buy a caramel brownie before the night was done.
After cleaning up I came home and cleaned my pans and finished cleaning up my kitchen.  What a mess!
My feet were tired, but the bake sale did well so it was all worth it, right?