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Sunday, March 2, 2008

Cleaning Update

Okay so that whole plan on keeping the house clean hasn't been a total failure. Yes, my husband does ALL the dishes and the laundry (I know what else is there you say?) well there is actually quite a lot! We have to eat right? YES WE DO and I have cooked dinner every night. Go me! I have to give myself some kind of pat on the back.
I have kept the downstairs decently clean, vacuuming every couple of days, straightening up twice a day and making sure Tyler cleans up his toys after he is done playing with them. It's now one of his chores.
Yep, Tyler now has a chore chart that he has daily chores that he does. For example he has to feed the dog, cat and fish, brush teeth twice a day, clean up room with mommy and pick of all toys from the day before bath time and/or movie time. I honestly can say I haven't been too consistant with his yet but I'm getting there. I will say that on days where I've had him mark things off on his chore list calendar thingy the day goes a lot smoother and I have a little more patience with him.
I'm not perfect. I would like to meet a single mom that is. I think all of us have room for improvement but I don't think I am doing SOO bad. Yes, there are still toys on the floor, my husband and I's room is a wreck and there is still dust on the book shelves downstairs but hey I'm a work in progress!