Grapes and leaves

Every so often I have moment of "okay that's it, this house is disgusting and it's getting cleaned by everyone!". Today became a family clean up day and I must say it sure is a whole lot easier when everyone has a list and we go to it. This was all prompted by the upcoming formal reports home visit, by our new teacher along with the program coordinator, scheduled for Wednesday and then our Science Club get together on Friday. I figured if we do a big clean up then the house will still look okay for the rest of the week. Also, the kids could get their required 30 minutes of fitness/day done while scrubbing! They all did a fantastic job.

After the clean up, they decided to rake some leaves which turned into another workout by raking then jumping off the trampoline into the big pile of leaves. That was some kind of fun, they were all smiles.

While out in the back yard, I took a picture of Shawn's grape - his pride and joy - vine. He started this vine about 3 years ago and there are several bunches of grapes. Owen came by while I was taking the picture and plucked a grape. I love it when the kids can eat food that we've grown in our yard. Unfortunately, these grapes have seeds and are a tad sour. Shawn would like to start another vine of seedless grapes that taste a little sweeter.