DS2 has been playing about scrubbing the deck while I've actually been scrubbing the deck. We watched birds and airplanes and walked to the garden to look at asparagus and onions.
DS10 has been trying hard to clean up after himself. He is working on writing, Biology - cell structure chapter and coloring book, reading Idiot's Guide to Geometry, and Great Courses lectures on cognitive behavioral therapy. I sent him into the library alone and stayed outside to weed the library's flower garden.
Well we know what DN13 has been up to...standing her ground. She did do anout 2 hour and of cleaning also, and an hour or so of giggling with me and fussing about how unfair things are here. I just let her vent. Now she is hanging out with one of her friends, thankfully, after a fairly harsh reality check type "sorry but you're sucking at this mothering thing" session with my mother after the big round of crazy swept through.