I enjoyed my quiet week, but this is better.

I drove to Montgomery and back yesterday to pick up the kids. They had a wonderful time in Florida, and Keith and I enjoyed our week alone, but it's really nice to have them back home. I think every summer we get a little taste of what it'll be like when the kids are all grown up and gone. It's kind of nice right now, because I know it's only a week, but I can't imagine it lasting longer! Anyway, they're home, and life is good. The fighting hasn't really started, but I'm sure they won't make me wait long to have to deal with that. :) Avery isn't taller than me yet. I wore my tennis shoes yesterday, just in case, (cuz' they make me a little taller)! I know the kids are going to be bored this week, after all the fun stuff they got to do last week! Brady has already asked to go to the pool today. He's the one voted "most likely to be bored." What this really means is that he wants to watch tv ALL day, and night. We won't be heading to the pool today though, because it's going to be raining on and off most of the day.
While the kids were gone, we did some work to their rooms. We painted Chloe's room, but I'm sure you can't guess what color?! She was very excited. We chose to paint her room first, because I thought it might be better if we picked out the color. She's told me before how she wants her walls painted, and it usually involves some elaborate mural! We're going to work on getting the boys rooms painted in the next couple of months as well. We thought they should have a little more say in the color. We moved Brady's room around, and took down his bunk bed. He's been asking to have it down for awhile. He was very excited too. I like it as well, because now I can actually see him in his bed. We checked on all the kids last night after they were asleep, and it was nice to see all their sleeping faces. It will also make it easier to wake him up, because before I couldn't reach him. I think the only thing he doesn't like about it is that he's going to have to start making his bed!
We didn't do anything to Avery's room just yet, but I found some clothes on sale for him at AE, so he was happy. I also bought him some new dress pants, finally! I bought him an 18, and found out that the others were 14! No wonder they were so short!! He's been in 16 for awhile now, and the 18 actually fit. I still remember when he outgrew the toddler sizes, and now he's almost in adult sizes. That's just crazy.
Well, hopefully I'll get some pictures on here soon, maybe some of their rooms, if they can keep them clean for long enough. :)