A full house

I have a full house going on...7 adults and two kids below the age of 4 at home. And it has been great....

For a good part of the weekend, i was trying to put things away, make space, pull out sheets and pillows and covers for all of us.I freted and picked and packed and bought supplies and re arranged stuff till it drove me mad.

They arrived late evening, and promptly, all planning went out of the windows...there was stuff lying all around the house, unpacked bags, the kitchen counters full of stuff that had done the journey to find us.. the younger kid finding all the toys i had kept to give away, V staking claim to all of those toys he had not touched in a year , and general pandemonium.

I sat down and wondered what help was it to try and organize before chaos descended. Not much, it looked like.

But....i loved the pandemonium. It felt home. We spent half an hour before sleeptime fighting over " who will sleep where?". We finally ended up having the parents sleep in the spare bedroom, the men in front of the TV, and both the girls caught up on life whispering over sleeping kids.

The week promises to be fun:-)