i don't keep a very clean house. i just don't. when i had one kid i feel like i really kept things together. i could keep the house clean and things in their place. i was never behind on laundry. i cooked and then cleaned up the kitchen. that feels like another lifetime. and something happened when i had two kids. i started getting behind. and then throw in a third child and i was hopeless....still trying to remember how to have good habits two years later.
anyway...
wednesday night, i was actually trying to clean something. i was scrubbing marker out of the carpet. the baby - she's 2 and not potty trained - was going around the house diaperless because the doc had recommended that to help with a certain irritation she was dealing with. so while i am scrubbing the marker stain, my middle runs to me and says that baby's bottom hurts. i check her bare bottom and notice the signs that she has done number 2. where? i have no idea.
"cora, where did you poo poo?"
she has no idea and cannot show me.
lee yells from the kitchen - "poo poo scavenger hunt"
i walked around our 1400 sq. feet and could not find it.
we are moving in about 10 days so i thought, well, i guess we'll find it when we move!
a little bit later, i found it. and i was scrubbing another stain out of the carpet.
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
a mother's day story
a mother's day story...
on mother's day i found myself in a very small bathroom at a chinese restaurant with my 6 year old son and 4 year old daughter. we all had to go. one toilet. typical situation when we go out to eat. 4 year old girl hops on the potty first. 6 year old boy says with lots of little boy attitude, "you should have let mommy go first. it's mother's day, ya know. it's not sister's day!"
when will i get to go pee by myself again on a regular basis?
this year, my kids are 2, 4, 6. this means i am usually outnumbered. i am often overwhelmed. my house is always dirty.
i want to be real, and i also don't want to take any of it for granted.
they are the cutest, funniest, and most forgiving people i know. (include my husband in that list.)
so yeah, life is fun. i'm moving for the second time in less than a year with 3 small kids.
everything is under control. nothing to see here. :-)
on mother's day i found myself in a very small bathroom at a chinese restaurant with my 6 year old son and 4 year old daughter. we all had to go. one toilet. typical situation when we go out to eat. 4 year old girl hops on the potty first. 6 year old boy says with lots of little boy attitude, "you should have let mommy go first. it's mother's day, ya know. it's not sister's day!"
when will i get to go pee by myself again on a regular basis?
this year, my kids are 2, 4, 6. this means i am usually outnumbered. i am often overwhelmed. my house is always dirty.
i want to be real, and i also don't want to take any of it for granted.
they are the cutest, funniest, and most forgiving people i know. (include my husband in that list.)
so yeah, life is fun. i'm moving for the second time in less than a year with 3 small kids.
everything is under control. nothing to see here. :-)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)