Hello there! Welcome back!
I have came to the conclusion that I am tired of the Chaos. As I sat here on a Friday afternoon with 5 kids (schools out for fall break), no vehicle, and utter chaos I came to the decision that enough is enough. I did some searching on the internet for Large Family blogs and I couldnt fathom what I found. Families of 12, 14, 16 or more kids blogging about how they do it and keep their homes running ship shape. And here I sit in total chaos, pillows and toys everywhere, papers and shoes and of course the TV constantly running and noise and concert decibles. Order needs to be restored in this home and guess what, this week is my last week of work and then things are changing drastically here. I am giving myself these last few days to bone up on my organization tips that I have found, ideas and tips on raising a large family, meal ideas and shopping tips. I am sure the kids will balk and I will have other family members tell me that I am not doing things right but things have got to change around here.
Kids will be given chores that will be done before anything else around here. Beds will be made before off to school, and no more of sleeping in til 715-730 and throwing clothes on and running out the door for school. Kids will be up promptly by 630 for breakfast and chores and will be ready for their rides when they arrive. These are just a few things that have popped into my little head of mine today and Im sure there will be more.
Keep coming back for more insight into my craziness. It should be a wild ride!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Oh My...
Its offical. We have hit the terrible 2s. Oh my lord.
This boy, is on a rampage on a daily basis. I can only pick up my decorative pillows and bears so many times. I find crackers, snacks, and you dont want to know what else in my couch. We have a child protective piece on the front of our TV so he cant turn it on/off anymore and so we have to use a old credit card to slide inbetween the plastic and the button. Yep, you guessed it. He found a Staples rewards card, and went over to the TV and slid that thing right inbetween the plastic and the button so now he can turn it on/off/on/off/on/off as much as he likes. I think we have found all items that would work for him to do his magic and hid them. Lets see just today I have had a book thrown at me, I guess he wanted to read, has taken my pillows off at least 3 times, got himself up on the sofa table and was standing on top of it looking at my big picture window and trying to reach over and turn buttons on the DVD player. Then got himself stuck trying to get down inbetween the table and tv cabinet (maybe I should have just left him there...ok..I wouldnt have, but I was tempted) and as I was folding some too small clothes to pass along to my fellow crazy mamas, I see he has taken my almost full container of carpet freshner and dumped it all in one spot on my carpet. He is flying from the end of the couch and doing a superman flight test into my cushions, and he is trying to ram his baby brother w/ his airplane.
And now he is riding the broom into my living room as we speak. Too bad its backwards and he is trying to keep the heavy end in the air. Oh just tried to sweep the fireplace hearth and now trying to sweep the carpet where he dumped the fresher and trying to hit my tv screen w/ the broom handle.
'I just tryin to help mama, I really really am'
This boy, is on a rampage on a daily basis. I can only pick up my decorative pillows and bears so many times. I find crackers, snacks, and you dont want to know what else in my couch. We have a child protective piece on the front of our TV so he cant turn it on/off anymore and so we have to use a old credit card to slide inbetween the plastic and the button. Yep, you guessed it. He found a Staples rewards card, and went over to the TV and slid that thing right inbetween the plastic and the button so now he can turn it on/off/on/off/on/off as much as he likes. I think we have found all items that would work for him to do his magic and hid them. Lets see just today I have had a book thrown at me, I guess he wanted to read, has taken my pillows off at least 3 times, got himself up on the sofa table and was standing on top of it looking at my big picture window and trying to reach over and turn buttons on the DVD player. Then got himself stuck trying to get down inbetween the table and tv cabinet (maybe I should have just left him there...ok..I wouldnt have, but I was tempted) and as I was folding some too small clothes to pass along to my fellow crazy mamas, I see he has taken my almost full container of carpet freshner and dumped it all in one spot on my carpet. He is flying from the end of the couch and doing a superman flight test into my cushions, and he is trying to ram his baby brother w/ his airplane.
And now he is riding the broom into my living room as we speak. Too bad its backwards and he is trying to keep the heavy end in the air. Oh just tried to sweep the fireplace hearth and now trying to sweep the carpet where he dumped the fresher and trying to hit my tv screen w/ the broom handle.
'I just tryin to help mama, I really really am'
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Happy Fall Ya'll!
Well here is Sam...5 mos already can you believe it! Time goes by so quickly, cherish and snuggle with them while you can!
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