Morgan and Graydon are playing with everything. They are fighting and whining and bickering. They painted for about five minutes, moved onto getting Connect Four and all its pieces out. Five minute later they got bored with that and moved onto dominos. They got the baby bin out and played with them for maybe ten minutes. All the stuffed animals out of that bin. They want everything that is not a toy - things from the junk drawers, things they find in cabinets - anything, everything. Getting into the recycling - hoping to reuse for some art project. They want a snack at least every thirty minutes. Did I mention constant fighting, whining and bickering.
My friend Beth said, "cleaning up with toddlers is like shoveling during a blizzard!" I don't understand how a house can go from very clean to ridiculously dirty in a matter of hours. The whole house - ever room. Meanwhile piles of laundry pile up and the dishwasher is always being run and needing emptied. The house is always dirty and cluttered, because as mentioned if I clean it - it just gets dirty.
There are so many things on the schedule and lists - I fell like I am always forgetting something (a shout out to my neice Ellie - HAPPY BIRTHDAY sweet girl). And so many other minor things on top of this mundane complaining. And why aren't we outside on this beautiful day you ask, when it is a blizzard in here? It is really my only day at home, and I don't think Graydon is feeling that well.
Aarrgghh........ thanks for listening to my mini melt-down. How can I complain at all when there are other people fighting such bigger battles than the Burke blizzard? Shame on me.....
Here is the pantry after the kids getting into the paper recycling:
The playroom in its current state:
* A few hours later I am WAY over my mini melt-down - thank you for listening!
2 comments:
I so can relate to this as well as every Mother in the world... the great part is to read the blog for Mother's day... How rewarding to be a Mom... Love you!!
Hey, thanks for the Ellie shout-out! I totally feel you. We'll have to brace ourselves for five in one house next month -- but we're really looking forward to your visit.
(from Jessica, using Abigail's login!)
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