Time to clean house

Apparently I have been lacking in the house cleaning department lately because yesterday Taylor came to me in the kitchen and said, "Mom the front room is REALLY dusty....would you like me to dust it for you?" Once I got over the shock that my 3 year old daughter even noticed the dust, I promptly got out the swiffer and let her go to town. For a minute I felt a little guilty that I had let it get that bad but then I thought..who cares...that's great that she is so excited about helping and I'll just take advantage of this moment!!! I may just let it get that bad again!!!

Conspiracy to Commit Theft and Murder

Our boys are starting to get quite clever. Bennett got picked on for a long time while John stole his toys. Now the tables have turned. John has become the victim now.

Bennett had a noisy toy that John wanted but he knew he couldn't just go take it, so he eyed it for a minute then walked over to the toys, pulled out a ball, walked over to the tile and let it bounce (knowing that Bennett would drop his current project and come chasing the ball) What John didn't count on was before Bennett took off after the ball, he ditched the noisy toy in a big pile of books so John couldn't find it. After Bennett inherited the ball and john got tired of looking for the toy in the books, they both moved on.

Let the competition begin.

This morning my tender wife also confessed she had hit a big cat on the way home from the gym. Instead of being sad about killing a family's pet, she felt bad about not feeling bad. I love this woman!!! Explains why we don't have a cat.

Mommy when are ya gonna play with me?

Yesterday I just had the strangest day. I'm not even sure why it was so strange...it just was. We didn't do anything weird or go on any adventures it just felt weird. I had a large realization yesterday that the Mommy job is HARD! And I'm not sure why it hit so hard yesterday but it did. All day I was continually having this battle within myself: Am I being a good mother? Am I spending enough time with my kids just playing? Am I teaching them the things they need to know? Am I too task oriented? What do I do all day that I can't seem to get stuff done somedays? Do my kids know how much I love them? Do I show affection enough? Am I patient enough? Am I taking the time and opportunity to really live and enjoy my family? Am I really paying attention to these moments?-they are only this little so long. and on and on and on. I think one of the hardest things for me is finding a good balance. There is so much that makes up a day and before I know it the day is done and it is time for bed and I often ask myself..what did I do today? And the answer comes...today you were MOM. What a big name that is.

Taylorism

Taylor: "I'm Certainly."
Daddy: "You're certainly what?"
Taylor: "Well, I'm certainly not crazy."
Taylor: "What's certainly mean?"
Mommy: "Absolutely"
Daddy: "Or Surely"
Taylor: "Shirley? I'm not Shirley..I'm Taylor Dawn Chugg!"