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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!

6 comments:

Anna said...

Hey, thanks for the comment on my blog! I like your blog!! I'll be sure to check back for updates. I LOVE all of your pictures. We were going to name a girl Addison, Addie for short. Addie is a great name!

Marni's Organized Mess said...

I still love you, clean house or not!

Jen said...

Dude I soo need to try doing at least SOMETHING everyday- but fook it's HARD when you are working full time and you come home and there's feeding and diapering and bathing to be done- vacuuming and dusting and laundry gets pushed to the bottom of the list. Although I HAVE to do laundry today or else I will have to come to work naked tomorrow! Ahh!

Therapeutic Massage Center said...

Maybe Tyler got tired of feeding his fish, so that is why he ate it!! =)

Mama Laura said...

Yay I discovered your blog!

Marni's Organized Mess said...

I think you should update this... it's been too long!