Lovin’ putting the kids in the jacuzzi tub for baths. I don’t have to do any of the scrubbing…it’s like sending them through a car wash.

primal cleaning

much like a shark feeding frenzy – that’s when my cleaning is most efficient. i go into a complete daze of thrashing and comet – next thing i know, i’ve got a toothbrush and i’m goin’ at the grout between the tiles in the shower, and when i come to, everything is so sparkly!

coffee pedicure

Did you ever start loading your dishwasher and not realize that the coffee cup you just turned over was still 3/4 full?  Funny, I just did that 3x in a row AND each time told myself, “whoa, I really need to pay more attention next time.”

Harvest Festival

We are counting down ’til the first day of the new school year. After routines are established – comes the next phase.  Upon the autumnal equinox, in a celebratory Stonehenge druidic fashion,  I shall harvest the beads, puzzle pieces, broken crayons, littlest pet shop animals, barbie parts, and kid’s meal toys.   All the while chanting about the return of order and unmarked walls.

Until then, kids, the house is yours…

today’s important message

never use toilet paper as a substitute for paper towel – it doubles your workload.

Reasons to lay on the floor

As I was pretending to do a sit-up this morning I found the missing library book under the sofa.

out damn’d wee wee

My son has decided that peeing standing up is for him.  While I’m proud of this important first step into manhood – I am sad for my bathroom.  We have one bathroom and 4 people – so, you know, do the math.

At best, I keep a pretty loose ship – But when our bathroom starts to smell like the subway tunnel between the red and the green line at the Park Street T stop – Well, I have a problem with that.

But no matter what I do – Buckets of Pine-Sol.  Environmentally irresponsible use of Clorox Wipes.  Cans of Lysol.  Soft Scrub and a brush – Windex.  I can’t irradicate the source of the odor.

Maybe I just need to approach this differently.

It’s not a problem – It’s a developmental milestone.  We should be celebrating this momentous achievement not scrubbing it away.

You go son, you go.

for the record, it happened too fast to control

When the kids come downstairs for breakfast and complain about the mess, well, I guess it’s time to clean.

everyone’s a critic

Ok little spider,  I’m assuming that you spun your web inside that yucky cup, which was on top of all of the other dirty dishes that I haven’t gotten to in 2 days, to make a point.  Point taken, tiny arachnid squatter.

I just cleaned up this place

Why do my children insist on pulling out their toys and playing with them?