Today Safia came running into the house holding herself yelling, "I need to go potty!" She was running into the kitchen when I told her to go into the bathroom. As she went that direction, I continued to spoon feed Beauchene. A couple of minutes later she came back to me and turned around for me to wipe her. She needed a little more than wiping. She ran around so much that she didn't make it into the toilet. She had "it" all over her clothes, the toilet, the floor, and even the counter. I am so glad I cleaned the bathroom yesterday so that I could turn around and clean it again today! And I wonder why I can't seem to get enough done in a day's work. DITCH DIGGING!
(My analogy. House work is like digging a ditch. Everyday I dig out a ditch. Some days I get further along than others. Unfortunately, my kids fill it back in for me everyday, some days piling more on than others. It's the same ditch everyday. Once in a long while I get it cleaned out and and I can keep a careful eye on it and keeping it clean, but sooner or later it is filled back in.)
Yesterday I finally pulled out all of Safia's winter clothes out of her drawers because I was so sick of picking them up everyday. When she looks for a particular outfit, she just pulls all of her clothes out of her drawers and drops them on the floor. I think I am only going to allow her to have 5 outfits and 1 pair of jeans and that is it.
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with kids, less is more! i love your idea about down-sizing her wardrobe. i am constantly tempted to do the same. but i like buying them clothes at target too much! that's why i deserve a lot of the mess we get around here. totally my fault!
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