Saturday Morning

After being awakend at 5:00 a.m. by Roman's crying, I went to him. I changed his diaper and we spent some time playing and listening to music. Music still calms him. I put him back to bed and was back in my own bed within an hour.

Flash foward to 9:30ish. Ava wakes me up to inform me that Roman is crying. I had heard him, but he wasn't too upset, so I was trying to get a little more shut-eye. Anyway, Ava continued to tell me that he was crying the whole time she was cleaning the bathroom. In my sleep fog, I had to ask her to repeat that last sentence. SHE CLEANED THE BATHROOM?! Yep, on her own, Ava straightened up her bathroom -- got all of the toys out of the tub and stacked them neatly in their container, hung up the rags, put something under the rags to catch the drips, folded and stacked the washcloths that were clean but on the floor. Mind you, these were Roman's toys and Roman's mess. Gianni has given him his bath the last few times, and he doesn't clean up all the toys afterwards. It was driving me crazy, and it must have been bothering Ava, too. Then, she told me that she cleaned the bathroom after she fixed up her bed. Yes, she made her bed, too!

This is a picture the duck she put under the washcloths to catch the drips. The other picture is the container with the washcloths and toys arranged neatly.

Well, I must say that was a proud moment in the life of this recovering neat freak! Ava definitely earned her pancakes today!

In a few hours, we are going to the "Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day" at UT. We are meeting up with a couple of Ava's Daisy friends to do various Engineering-related activities. Of course, Roman has to tag along because Gianni is working. Here's some information:

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (Girl Day)

Saturday, February 20, 2010
2:00PM - 5:00PM

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, celebrated internationally during Engineers Week, features hands-on engineering activities and demonstrations facilitated by over 300 students, professors and engineers from industry for 1,000 Austin area 1st-8th grade students.

Tomorrow, we have a birthday party to attend. Busy weekend! It is a good thing I washed all the laundry on Thursday night!

At least I don't have to clean the kids' bathroom...