Conclusions

I have reached a few conclusions today....

I don't feel like my house is truly clean until I have vacuumed under my couch cushions and placed the pillows back on it like they were displayed in the store when be bought the furniture.

It is IMPOSSIBLE for me to clean my entire house with anyone present inside my house (except my dog)......to stay motivated I MUST be alone with music blaring!!!! I will put off cleaning forever unless I am alone....don't know why.

When I first stared staying home with the kids I wondered why in the world my house was staying wrecked all the time.....I mean...I am home all day most days....it should be in fantastic shape at any given moment, right???? WRONG....we are actually here....living here....therefore it looks lived in.....and messy....it is impossible and there simply are not enough hours in any one woman's day to keep everything picked up after a 4 and 2 year old!!!! I feel very relieved now that I have realized that.....I am a slow learner I guess!!!!

I have also concluded that my children are little angels.....in everyone else's presence except mine that is!!!!! What is up with that????? They are being perfect happy little children and I walk up and they immediately start wining and just fall apart on me???? Telling me how thirsty they are, how hungry they are, how much they want to go home, how much they don't want to go home, start picking on each other, wanting me to hold them, etc. For instance.....right now my kids are outside with my husband and father in law. The men are just sitting on the driveway enjoying a beer and the kids are riding bikes, swinging, playinging the sandbox, etc. They have been out there for HOURS and each child has only ventured upstairs about two times each. On days when I have them outside they have me running back and fourth like an Olympic sprinter....for juice boxes, snacks, special toys that are in the house, for the shoes they forgot to put back on when they came in for a minute, etc. I cannot sit down for a minute in their presence....where did I go wrong???? Little boogers!!!!!