A day with only 5 children

september 14 2007

It has been a long time ago I had a family with only 5 children at home.
It was almost 12 years ago, when one of the twins was released from hospital and the other had to stay there. Just a few days.

Today was the first day with only 5 kids at home.

I've enjoyed it tremendously.

That might seem strange, but the oldest often created a lot of stress around him, almost always without realising he did.
I don't blame him. He can't help it to have Asperger syndrome, but now he has moved out I felt how much stress he added.

Early morning, after the boys were to school, I went to the room and started cleaning.
All the papers and other stuff.

He often pulled out his clothes and put them behind things, so there was no need to stand up and pause the game he was playing on the computer to get his clothes to the bathroom.
So I found denim trousers, socks, T-shirts that went straight to the pile of laundry.

It felt like a kind of freedom to be able to clean up, vacuum the floor, swap it.

The other boys value cleanliness, and we have agreed to make turns vacuuming and tidying.

In a way it feels like the way life should be.