I love to read the comments that are left on my blog. Sometimes I want to talk back but I don’t really know if I should do so in the comment section or not. So I thought I would make a post dedicated to my last post’s comment section. I would like to chit-chat with you a bit. 😉
Mrs. Mordecai said: Wow, thanks so much for sharing all this. With twotiny children, including a nursing baby, sometimes it seems that a real schedule is only a dream, but I hope I can have something like this someday.
You will someday, I promise. You are way more organized that I ever was when I just had my two oldest. When I had little babies (and I had them fast my first two are 13 months apart) my schedule was something like this: Get up, eat breakfast, get everyone dressed, do chores, eat lunch, nap time, pick up, dinner, bed. I have changed a lot over the years.
Lisa said: how do you do laundry on Monday?!! on Monday i am digging out of the mess that has happened on Sunday. i would like to know…when do you do general picking up? or are your kids/husband good about picking up after themselves?
(BTW Lisa, I really need an invite to your blog, if that would be alright with you…aimee@prosphotos.com)
Monday, well that was the day my Mom always did it, so it just seemed natural for me. Monday is kind of a general “digging” out day for me, laundry really doesn’t take that much time during the day. First thing in the morning I sort laundry in my bedroom (my laundry “room” is more like a large closet) and I just start going. The biggest thing is to keep on top of it, as soon as a load is washed it goes either on the line or in the drier depending on the time of year, once it is dry it gets piled in a chair in the living room waiting to be folded later that night. That leaves me plenty of time while things are washing and drying to dig out! To be perfectly honest, the socks pretty much never get folded and there are a lot of times I have a straggler load to do the next day. It sure makes the rest of the week nice to not have to worry about laundry!
As for general picking up, most of that is taken care of by the kids when they “do their stewardships”. There are two scheduled times to pick them up, and if the house gets really messy then I just stop everyone and we check stewardships, that is how the house stays picked up (as much as a house with 5 kids realistically can) I am mainly in charge of the kitchen area, I take care of that when the kids are busy doing their school work, since there class room is at the kitchen table, it is easy to help with math and load the dishwasher.
Does that answer your questions?
Jessica said: You’re nice to fold laundry – I already make my kids fold laundry.I hope to one day have a scheduled date night! It’s been interesting to really think over my scheduling so as always: “thanks for posting!”
Jessica, you are smarter than I am. I like my kids to do socks and stuff, but I forget to have them do it and, well, that is just something I let go! LOL! As for a scheduled date night, Dadzoo and I have been doing that since our first baby was born (almost 11 years ago). We have only recently started to “go out” on occasion since we have older kids. Typically, I will feed the kids something quick and easy then send them to bed, or let them have a “sleep over”, where they pick a bedroom and are allowed to watch movies, play games or whatever until late, as long as they don’t bug the parents. Dadzoo and I will either get take-out or cook something special and have dinner together and watch a movie. It is simple, can be as inexpensive as you want, and it sure recharges those Mommy batteries. I really look forward to my Friday nights, my favorite is to get take-out and enjoy a yummy meal that I don’t have to cook or clean up after!
I hardly ever have comments to answer. It used to bug me, but I decided that I am not writing my blog for that purpose. Although I love to get comments, I write what is in my heart and hope it touches someone. I love to read your blog. We loved having dates in our library. Fun stuff.
I told Erik about the date nights and he was suprised we could make it so easy. =0)
I like it when you answer questions in posts. It's easier to read. Thank you for being so open with your schedules and life. It really helps to keep a perspective and, in my case, remember stuff I'm supposed to be doing as the "homemaker" in my home. It's always fun to read your posts!