Ok, who is with me when I say I seem to forget what it's like being with kids 24/7 once school lets out for summer break? All the extra messes, extra meals, and extra headaches. Don't get me wrong I absolutely adore my kids but school has been out for about 2 weeks now and I need a vacation already!
I wonder if my kids ever get tired of hearing me ask them to clean up their bedroom? Crazy thing is they have 3-4 toy boxes FILLED with toys that they never touch UNTIL I ask them to clean their room! Once their room is cleaned it's like they find all these buried treasures they seemed to never know about then they just start going through all these toys and make a new mess. I tell them all the time if they would just do a quick 5 minute clean up every day and use team work their room wouldn't get so out of hand! However, that never happens...maybe it's time for a chore chart!
The week school let out we went grocery shopping as we would any other week. Within 2 days we had went through 2 gallons of milk, 2 boxes of cereal, 1 package of Ramen soup, 2 loaves of bread, a whole package of sliced cheese, and 2 gallons of lemonade. This was just from snacks alone and not counting the 3 actual meals we have every day! If anyone has any great cheap snack ideas that are actually filling please let me know! Maybe they will give my bank account a small break! (haha)
I do know one thing my family needs to break out once again and that is the "get along shirt"! When the kids are fighting with with each other or arguing with each other we have a large t-shirt and have them both fit into the t-shirt at the same time. They then have to sit in this shirt together until they decide to apologize and get along once again. Of course this is just a temporary fix but I'll take what I can get! The funny thing about this is they can be fighting like cats and dogs before we fit them into the shirt together. Once we have them together in this shirt they are laughing and having a good time. BOYS!
I often wonder how things will change as my boys keep growing older! I do know in these days they might drive me nuts and have me pulling my hair out (haha), but there will be a day when they each decide to move out of the nest and I will be wishing that they were still in my home making their messes and eating everything in sight! I will forever be grateful for all these messes! After all, they are just more ways we are all making great memories! Now to go clean up a few more messes and get some snacks made before Julien's baseball game in a bit!
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