Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Creature of certain habits
Sometimes like once a day or more I worry that I am to rigid when it comes to certain schedules we have around here. I am crazy about not living in a mess and I am totally aware of my issues. I am..... I can not relax in a mess in my own house. How is it I can go to others peoples house and not give a hoot? I have eight kids, who are we kidding? I can not even begin to count how many messes are made and cleaned up in a day. I worry that my kids are only going to remember the crazy Mom who assigned quick pick up zones every day, 2-3 times a day like clock work. The Mom who liked to pass out cleaning assignments like candy. Are they going to turn into hoarders? Will they be the people who grow up and hate housework thus living like pigs as adults? I worry that they won't remember the Mom who let them pop 6 bags of popcorn and eat that for dinner one night, or bought crap food and spent hours in the park with them,or that I never make them make their beds. I don't care how you organize your clothes drawers, they are yours. See I am not a total control freak . I still worry though when I go into crazy Mom mode and insist all sorts of random things must be close to perfect before I send them to bed. A lady said to me once she wished she had cleaned her house less and played with her kids more. I try to have an even balance, I do, but I still worry that my kids are going to only remember the nutso lady who sent them to bed sometimes with out a story time time cuz seriously, it should not take an hour to do a ten minute job. Or the lady who kept chanting "Pick up a toy, put it away, Pick up a toy, put it away......" They may use that on my headstone! I am such a creature of habit and schedule and while I know that is a good thing sometimes I just wonder if it is too much of a good thing?
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3 comments:
First off, I am in love with the picture in your header!! Seriously.love.
Second, I'm laughing about that being on your headstone.
I admire you for having the schedules! I think I didn't do enough of it when my boys were little. And with eight kids, I think you just gotta! I see you doing lots of fun things with them as well. I'm sure they will remember.
I agree with Tammy...the headstone thing is very funny. I am impressed that you can be organized enough to make everyone help pick up and do chores. I am the opposite. I get tired of asking and do it myself. I can't stand the mess and I get tired of nagging them. I am so bad, that if my daughter asks for a friend over and the house is messy...the answer is "no." That is what my kids will remember...lamo mom.
I could take a lesson from you.
You have to have schedules and chores otherwise they would grow up to be messy adults. You are a great mom and they are super lucky to have you. It's not always fun and games being a mom but, we try to do our best and that's all we can do and I personally think you are an AMAZING mom!
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