afternoon fun

So, this is what our lunch table looked like yesterday. Yep, 8 children, under the age of 11. We usually have 6 on these snow days/ teacher workdays, but 8 was alot yesterday. I was so grateful for naptime. I was able to fold the 8 loads of laundry without little hands wanting to help out. They can help me today, by putting the laundry on the stairs for the big kids to put away when they come home from school. It's sad to say, but I still have another load to wash, dry, and fold. Laundry is never-ending here.
During the nap time, the older kids went in the back yard to play. Erin made this big snowball and was very proud of it. I didn't get Josh in this shot, but he had climbed on the fence and was hanging out, 6 feet in the air to Erin's right. He is such a monkey!!
This is how the snowball was broken. Libby saw it and ran outside for Erin to break it on her back. Look- Libby is outside in her bare feet and without a coat. Thankfully the weather had warmed up a bit. Libby is our little Pocahantas, country girl.