Preparing for the Holiday Visit

Prior the our big holiday get-together, we did the usual clean up and re-organization of the house, not that it was that bad. R's family is not high maintenance group, and we really love having them over.

We all look forward to seeing them, but the kids really get excited. They spend every day cleaning their rooms, organizing things and helping to get the house ready, making welcome signs and decorating their rooms. It's really cute to see.

Of course, I had this brilliant notion of cleaning the windows, because with the sun hovering near the horizon, it really highlights how dirty our windows are. Unfortunately, with storm windows and all, it ends up being 8 surfaces to clean for every window, in freezing conditions, no less.

Well, as it turns out, the kids wanted to help out on this one, and they did a stand-up job. They helped me clean the relevant windows (we skipped the ones on the other side of the house that don't get much sun), and they looked great. Not perfect, but good enough.

With the house clean and tidy, we're ready for anything. Thanks for reading.