I have had a healthy dose of children over the last two days. Friday, we spent a nice lazy morning just hanging out. The weatherman predicted that there was a 60% chance of rain, but we decided to throw caution to the wind, and go swimming at the base pool. This pool is fantastic. It consists of a Kiddie Pool, which has an umbrella like structure coming out of the center of it, complete with water coming out of the center. The second pool is a diving pool, which has the spring board and is 12 feet deep. The third (yes THIRD!) pool has two water slides (two different heights), and it has more of a shallow end which I'm guessing is around 4 feet deep. On the other side of that pool is the "lap pool" which is a bit deeper. There are lounge chairs all around it, and generally, right when we get there, we stake our claim so that we have some place to rest when needed. I always pack a lunch, with some drinks and a snack and most of the time, we spend the entire day there. The best part about it (other than you can bring your own food in) is that it's only $2 per person (I work on the base). Friday, I had five girls with me. They told me that I could buy a "punch" card, which was $10 and that meant I had a $2 discount. I'm pretty anal about sunscreen, so nobody was sunburned, except maybe on the cheeks. Everybody, including me, was worn out by the end of the day. One of the girls had to go home after swimming as they were going out of town, but the others stayed and spent the night.

When we got home from the all day swim fest, Chickie and her girlfriend, decided they wanted to redo her room. As long as this included doing things like picking up stuff off the floor and enabling me to open her closet without fear of an avalanche, I was all for it. Both of them working on her room did wonders. They even rearranged the furniture and organized her closet. On top of that, they did a little bit of redecorating using things that I already had. Now, we just have to keep it that way. When they were done with her room, they moved on to Meelie's room, and did the same thing. At this very moment in time, I have two clean bedrooms in my house. We will NOT talk about my bedroom, but I will say that I feel as though I need to clean mine up and am planning on doing that tomorrow morning. I cannot be outdone by my children. That would not look good on the scoreboard.

If cleaning both bedrooms was not enough, they tackled the living/dining room area. Now that was clean, in the sense that there was not a whole lot of stuff on the floor, unlike their bedrooms. They vacuumed, dusted and then rearranged the furniture as well. They did that chore this morning and I have to say, I just may keep the furniture the way they put it. It's something different and I think it may just work.

After the parents of Chickie's friend came and picked her up, we all (me, Chickie, Meelie, Meeli's friend and my husband) went out for breakfast. We saw OWW off to work, and came home. We girls decided that it would be a good time to go see a movie, and Ratatouille had just been released. We have wanted to see that movie since we first saw the reviews, and I must say that none of us were disappointed. I don't want to spoil it for you, but this is a great family movie and if you don't fall in love with Remy (Little Chef) and Linguini, I think there just might be something wrong with you.

When we came home, the Meelie and her friend were busy playing with modelling clay, and Chickie was deep into a teen magazine, cutting out pictures of various heartthrobs, including, but not limited to, those who starred in High School Musical and its sequel.

Chickie went to another friend's house tonight to help baby-sit, and Meelie went back with her girlfriend to spend the night there. This means that my husband and I have the evening to ourselves, which in turn means that we will wander around the house muttering incoherently, because we have no idea what to do with ourselves. Ah, good times. It's crazy how you long for the peace and quiet when your kids are with you, but when they are gone, you have no clue as to what to do with yourself.

I for one will enjoy it. Rather than go out tonight, my husband and I will enjoy a dinner of BBQ'd hamburgers and some potato salad. And quite frankly, that sounds wonderful to me.

What have you folks done this weekend?