Two steps back. None of this "one step back" business.
I attempted to clean Kyri's room yesterday. Normally the kids help me and we get there eventually. But I had to rearrange it first because Kyri spends every naptime and evening (until dark) looking out her window from atop her bed instead of sleeping. So we moved her bed away from the window and then I tried to clean.
Ev cooed and chewed on toys while I worked to clean and keep all the misc. small toys (marbles, etc...) from being accessed by munchy Everleigh. Meanwhile, Ben and Kyri each kept pulling more toys out while I put them away. It was two against one and I pretty much collapsed an hour or so in. Last night I took the remaining toys, threw them in two empty boxes and stuck them up in Kyri's closet.
That's how my days have been lately. I try to do one simple thing and in the process of accomplishing that, Ben and Kyri have made twice as much work for me.
Some days my attitude adjusts nicely and I can just delight in getting dinner on the table and having clean clothes to wear.
3 comments:
I feel the exact same way about cleaning.
I have to problem of starting to do one thing, getting distracted and doing lots of other stuff and never getting that one thing done.
I think it is called menopause for me. Kids for you!!
Judy
I know. A room will be clean, the toddlers enter, you blink, and a swath of destruction is all that's left. We had to put all of Mikea's toys on the shelf in her closet b/c she would dump all of the tubs out every single morning.
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