flying with kids

It is hard to be a mom in today’s times and as a young mom it can be even harder.   Some of the things that a mom has to do on a daily basis that no one sees can take a tow on the body.  I am a mom of three young kids ages 4, 5, and 6 and the things that they can get into in a day is unbelievable to me.   Here is a list of a few things that the kids can get into in the day:

·         While brushing their teeth they get in a fight and toothpaste is covering the run in the bathroom and the walls.

·         All the toilet paper is pulled out where they have tried to clean it up.

·         They have clothes trails from the bed room to the bathroom

·         A trail of shoes all over the house and not a match in sight

·         In my room there is hair bows all over the vanity and floor and the brush is on the bed

·         The water from there cup for the medicine is all over the floor

·         At the table they have got in a fight over who sits where and the cereal has been spilled and the milk is on the floor

·         I am tripping over the toys all the way from my bed room to the basement and we don’t even open the toy room door

·         The trash is over flowing because it is like no one know how to tie a bag but me

·         Dishes cover the counter because no one will do dishes but me.

·         Laundry is over flowing the washer has wet clothes in it and the clothes in the dryer are wrinkled so they will have to be re ran to get the wrinkles out

·         Under my oldest bed I will find candy and cake wrappers where in the middle of the night she has snuck in the kitchen and got food. 

Man there is a lot to do in a day and you will still have to cook supper and fix lunches.  There is so much that a mom has to do and really does not get any respect for it a lot of times she will here from her partner what did you do today you were here all day and the house still looks a mess.  Or maybe you work out of the house and they think that you should perform miracles and have the house clean before you leave and supper done as soon as you get home.  They are tired when they get home and want to eat and rest but there is no rest for you, you put in a long day and still have to pick up and put things away and fix supper and get things ready for you to do it all over again the next day and you feel like you are behind and will never get ahead of the game and the house will never be clean until the kids are grown.  Or maybe you don’t want to clean because your kids are home from school all day maybe homeschooled or maybe not old enough for school and you want to spend the time with them so that you will remember those days.  I understand this I want to spend all the time with my kids that I can because they will not be young long and I want to remember ever minute that they are young.  I want to tell all of you that you can do it and the flylady will help you she will teach you how to start routines and make them work for you so that before you even think about it you will be getting out of the bed and making it and getting dressed you will be in the bathroom and thinking oh man what did I just do I got dressed and made the bed and it only took 5 minutes you will be done with your morning routine in 30 minutes and moving on to some of the cleaning that you thought you would never get to because you were so behind.  Start with just one thing and then add to it these are what the flyday calls monthly focuses jump in where you are you are not behind jump in and check out the flylady’s page.  Happy flying and remember to check out my facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/214824648648096/?fref=ts

Living room

New living room looks better with furniture in there

Christmas tree

Here is our Christmas tree there is lots of presents under it now check back later for more pictures of our new couch

Knitting and the Holidays

Hello again to everyone.  I wanted to say that I am sorry I have not had more post in the past few weeks there has been a lot going on around here we have all been sick and the holidays are coming up and I have been doing a lot to prepare for that.  I have got our tree up and my presents wrapped and under the tree and this makes for a very happy house of kids.  I will be showing off the tree as well as the new living room suit that I got for the formal living room hopefully tomorrow.  I have really started to like to knit and have been spending most of my nights on the couch knitting while watching T.V with my hubby.  I started out with the basic dish rag.  This is also know as grandmas dish cloth.  I thought it was a good fifties project to pick up and I feel in love with it.  I have sold a few of my rags to my friends and family but for the most part they are going to be Christmas gifts.  I also made a scarf for my mother in law for Christmas.  I made a small face blanket the size of those taggie blankets and gave it to my daughter teacher for a baby gift.  I am now working on a full size baby blanket.  I want to try to make around 20 to 25 more rags before Christmas so I do not leave anyone out.  I was so excited about the knitting I learned to read a pattern and started to make the cloths with the letter in the middle and my hubby said I should make one with the UK on it (were from Kentucky) so I got out my graphing paper and made a pattern I have not got to work on this yet but plan to do so in the next week.

We also had to take my middle daughter to the Dr to be tested for allergies and found out that she was not allergic to anything and that was really good new but she is highly irritated by the smell of smoke and my hubby smokes so this is making it really hard we are trying to come to a agreement on smoking and non smoking zones in our home and I have spent the last to days scrubbing the walls and cleaning the carpets.  I think that I will be able to finish this up tomorrow and then I have to get all the bedding washed again.  Everything has to be cleaned her animals and even the other kids animals and bedding so this is making for extra laundry but that is okay because I am flying and with washing a load a day I have been keeping CHAOS away.  I do still have other laundry to wash and need to get that one load a day in so what I have been doing is washing a normal load then a load of something that needs to be cleaned of the smoke the like the rugs or the bedding.  I am going to take the curtains down and clean them tomorrow as well.  Tomorrow is going to be a very busy day and I am truly feeling how hard these fifties housewives worked to make sure everything was to rate clean and everyone was happy.  I also went and got a few small air purifiers on for the girls room and one for my sons room and then we agreed that hubby could smoke in the bathroom down stairs so I put on in there as well.  He is also smoking in his office but this does not have the same heat and air as the rest of the house so not going threw the vents and is contained to that room so i think we will be okay.  It is better than nothing and I know that these small changes will help her and he will see it and start to want to do more to help her stay well.

Tomorrow will be a busy day so I will have to make out a daily list and a plan and stick to it or I will not be able to get everything done and keep up with my routines.  I can  not let the house fall apart while I am tending to the sick kids and trying to get things ready for the holidays.

Here is my plan for tomorrow

Morning routine
clean the out side of the cabinet in the upstairs kitchen
clean the walls in the dinning and kitchen area upstairs
go to the bank
fix lunch and start my afternoon routine
clean all the walls down stairs
take pictures and write a blog post
count my rags and get them in boxes and wrapped for Christmas
fix supper
Start my Before bed routine.

this plan may change some tomorrow as the day goes on but I have somewhere to start and a list of the things that I would like to do.

Happy Flying and feel free to leave me a message below if you have any tips for me on getting rid of the smoke or things that you would like to see me blog about.  And as always if you are not a follower click follow in the top left corner.  Thank you for your support.