The power of friends

I don't know why I didn't ever think of this before. My kids are off track and every time they go off track I get the itch to clean things out. You know the thing that you NEVER get to. Closets, cupboards, painting, things like that. I also know that I need to do fun activities with my children, but somehow not many of those happen because I am always cleaning. I clean up their messes so I can get to the BIG jobs, but as soon as I am done another mess has been created. Well, this time it has been different. There is a little girl in Allison's class whose mom had surgery just as soon as we went off track. She asked if her daughter could come play so she isn't so bored at home because mom is down. I said of course. So, I had her 2 days last week and 3 days this week. On top of that Zach had a friend over today and Allison invited another little girl from church who is also in her class. I have never gotten so much done. I have played with them, done my big jobs, and pretty much kept my house clean. We have also been able to go on fun day trips at least once a week! This is so amazing. I just can't figure out why I never did this before while they were off track. I just LOVE having their friends over, well I am sure they do too;)