365 Day 60

Leap Day!

Since the day only happens once every four years then this was a good way to spend it. 

Laundry Lessons

I wash all the clothes and the kids then put their own clothes away. I spend my time, money, and energy to wash the clothes properly and they are responsible to for putting them away properly. I personally hate folding so all the kids have mostly closet space. Even the 2yo can hang up a shirt. I have demonstrated how it is to be done and when I find things not done correctly (clean clothes shoved in the dirty hamper, under the bed, back of closet, etc) then I give them a warning and show them again. If after the warnings (usually 3) I am still finding things out of place on the rare occasion I venture into their rooms then I know that they need more practice putting clothes away. This is the case today.

It started this morning when Mr. Edward complained that he had no pants left in his closet. I thought this was very strange since he got 5 pairs for Christmas and it was only 4 days of dirty clothes in the hamper but it's not the first time his pants have gone AWOL and I have yet to find his hiding spot. On the same note all last week Mr. Mann kept telling me how he had no socks even though he got 20 pairs for Christmas.

Then, while doing the laundry I spotted clean socks still folded together in Mr. Mann's hamper. Into their room I traveled to dump all of Mr. Mann's socks out for him to practice putting them away correctly. In the process of that I discovered more socks behind his bed and his pants and even more socks thrown on the top shelf of his closet. I then began to remove all his clothing from the hangers for him to practice.

Once a few pieces of clothes were out of the closet I discovered three pairs of Mr. Edward's jeans shoved on the middle shelf behind his brothers shirts. 

Three!!!

 I went on to find more socks under the bed, random shirts shoved in drawers, and 4 broken hangers. There is now one closet filled with very empty hangers and two beds hidden somewhere under a mountain of clean clothes. Good time to remove the outfits that are too small. Two birds, one stone, love it!

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Laundry Day Lessons. 

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Making a fast dinner out of the backpacking meals we never got the chance to use. Somehow it felt wrong to dump the pot of water when we were done instead of making hot cocoa.

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I let my laundry get a little over my head, so today I finally made my laundry soap and caught back up. Everything is super clean, my house smells great, and I just saved a bunch of money. *insert car insurance joke here*

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Friday Night Date: 

At home, playing computer games together into the wee hours of the morning. 

4am is a perfectly respectable bed time...

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Dinner at Zelda's for 7 people: $45
Dessert at Rick's for 7 people: $35
Remembering to buy two glasses of milk: Priceless

Magic

I realized today just how sad I'm going to be when I loose my magic. One day, Mama's kisses won't cure every tear.

Bug is such a sweet little girl and yet she's so tough, too. She can face plant into something, get up and keep going like nothing happened. When she does cry it's usually because she broke skin or bruised.

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No kids. For the first time in 2 years I have nothing planned but just some "me time" with a good book. Time well spent.

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Making my favorite Colcannon soup. I still have several potatoes and a whole head of cabbage I need to add to the pot. I think I need to invest in a bigger stockpot.

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Breakfast "minty meal" with my little one

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After a long and lazy Presidents day at home she relaxes with her Leapster Tangled game.

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Traditional after bath grooming. This cat cares....

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Don't leave a toddler unattended near a chocolate peanut butter pie or she may not be able to resist licking it.

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Doing her homework on the 'B' packet- hole Poking with a large push pin. I was blown away with how accurate she was for her very first time. She traced the letters perfectly!

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I'm not sure why the early evening light in my bathroom is so inspiring to me but I'm not complaining either.

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No you can't have my iPod, but you can take a picture

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Safely behind my camera and yet in front of it at the same time. 

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Every week I fail at the challenge and usually even at the theme. This week is self portrait week and all about Me! I'm stepping out of my comfort box and standing on the other side of the lens.

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Our good friends made the drive to our house for dinner and in exchange our furniture gave their little boy his first bloody nose.