Life

This is from my 10 yo daughter:

music leader: I want everybody to sing every word using your best voices

my daughter, raises her hand and asks: well, I don't know if I can sing every word because I have a cough.

She was not trying to be funny, she was just really concerned about following instructions. Then tonight:

Dad: It is time to read scriptures and none of you have anything important to say so be quiet until I'm done ( they had all just been reprimanded for wild behavior)

my daughter: Well, what if it is about the scriptures?

I tried to explain to her later that when someone is upset- you should not talk to them and you should wait for an opportunity to talk to them like after reading scriptures. Good thing we grow up in families where we can learn this stuff.

4 yob -- " I can't do that because I don't want to"
later I say: "your teacher says you are really smart and a good singer"
4 yob : "no, I'm not"
me: " do you know that being smart is a good thing?"
4 yob: " Say that again"
me: (I say again a different way)
4 yob: "no mommy, say that again"
I have to start over the exact same way to make him happy. Lots of things have to be his idea.

We have soooooooo much snow. I tried to go to the grocery store last night and ended up sliding on the freeway. Fortunately other people were smart enough to not travel on the snowy roads where you could hardly even see outside so I didn't crash into anybody-- but it was really scary and i called my husband and he told me to come home. There was a scraping sound on the car, so I pulled over and the tires looked fine, so I kept going and eventually something sounded like it popped off and then the scraping sound stopped. I hope the car still works. I'm ready for spring!!!

Sleep Deprived Mothers

This made both me and my husband laugh & laugh:

Starting Flylady again

In my previous life -- before the twins-- I loved following fly lady recommendations. I cleaned my sink each evening and swish and swiped my bathrooms each morning. I started decluttering and it was very rewarding to see my house come together. I was not born organized-- it's not in my nature-- so I needed somebody like fly lady to teach me how to prioritize and make housework doable. I really didn't know-- it didn't come naturally. She helped me so much it was awesome. I never did the full program, but my house was way more under control and a nice place to be.

Then I got pregnant with the twins-- pretty much everything went out the window for 6 weeks during the 1st trimester and for 6 weeks during the last trimester-- all I really did was make dinner and wash the dishes. Then I had the two babies to nurse and care for-- huge amounts of time required. They started getting easier as they grew and I started to focus on my children helping out more their zones and rooms are looking pretty good. Now the babies are one and sleeping well through the evening and night-- it's my turn to focus on my responsibilities.

So this week I'm going to follow Kelly's missions-- I try to include the kids in these and also work on the decluttering habit found here .

Fly lady has been a very good thing for me!! Someday I will be organized and my laundry will be done! There is hope.