Day 168: or The Day of Sleepovers and La Fête du Village

My day with all 4 kids ended up busier than expected. First, the 17 year old was having a friend over for the whole weekend so they could study for their big exam. Then the 15 year old was having 6 girls over for her annual end of the year pool day. The 13 year old was around all day, and the Kid was at school. The Mom was home, working from the house. Even the cleaning man decided to join the party for half the day. I was used as a chauffeur a couple of times, shuttling girls from the train station. The kids were all on their own for lunch, so the girls decided to make pizza. Little did I know that meant I would have to do half the work. The Mom has started using organic flour, which creates a huge sticky mess. I end up adding handfuls of flour just to make it manageable. The 15 year old begged me to help, but I still made her get her hands dirty. The girls seemed happy with the outcome at least.


I got the Kid and brought him home to his Mom. There was a party in the square tonight, but the rain made it less interesting in my opinion. The Kid and the Mom went, while I stayed home with the rest of the girls. I had a night off basically, and I spent it watching a movie with the 17 year olds.  I even got out of putting the Kid to sleep, which was a nice break from the nightly fight. He's not bad my any means, but there's always the request for one more story, or one more game of Uno. I read 3 stories a night. Had I known that this would become required, I would have started at 1 and made more than that a treat. Now, anything less is just unacceptable.