This Entry is a Secret (shhh, don’t tell anyone)
I’m supposed to be working right now.
But even though I have 34 titles with keywords all ready to write, I’m procrastinating.
Really, if I just wrote what I need to write I could have all 6,800 words written and submitted in about four hours. Really.
But I am having trouble getting started. I’m tired. I’m overworked, and I need a break. But when I’m done with the work I’ll be done for (probably) days and days of (much needed) rest and non-writing (except for the blogs.) How nice will that be?
So I do need to get rocking and rolling on this.
In the meantime…
The girls this morning got into the medicine cabinet in the bathroom.
We woke up to an empty (yes EMPTY) medicine cabinet.
Thankfully, because we don’t totally suck as parents there wasn’t any actual prescription medication in said cabinet.
On the other hand they managed to dump two bottles of rubbing alcohol and a bottle of peroxide all over the floor in the playroom and the back hallway. Joy. My youngest looked like a football player after smearing black mascara all over her face that I haven’t been able to find for six months. Trust me. I looked many times. But she found it.
Maybe I cheated on Randy with a bloodhound and don’t remember the experience.
So we put away most of their toys. Because it’s pretty obvious that my stuff is way more interesting than their toys, and to me that says they have too much stuff and don’t enjoy what they have. It’s like they’re desensitized to toys. So, we’re only going to give them a few toys a day and circulate toys in and out so everything seems new.
Hopefully that will work Because no matter how early I set my alarm, the kids are up earlier.
The medicine cabinet. Seriously. Did your kids do crap like that? It seems so not what I remember as a kid. I would have never, ever gone into the bathroom except to, you know, go to the bathroom.
Ok, I’m done slacking (I hope.) Back to work.
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Yep – I’m a Joiner!
Oh gosh- This reminded me of the time our eldest got into the Vaseline! Yes about 14 shampoo’s later he was still a grease monkey.
I totally agree with putting the toys away. We actually have a rotation system in play. They play with a few toys- for example right now they have their play food and pots/pans. When they are done with that they have to pick them all up and exchange them for something else- usually a couple handfuls of cars.
While it’s a great system it doesn’t always work but when you find some toys at the bottom of the closet and hand those to them it’s like Christmas morning all over!
Last week my son opened a brand new bottle of Strawberry & Cream conditioner and dumped half of it on his head. Five shampoos later (and many days of playing in the dirt outside and getting sweaty), he STILL smells like strawberries.
You are not alone. He also routinely gets up on the kitchen counter to get to the ceral boxes on top of the fridge (cuz silly us – we thought that would get them out of his reach) I get the little voice that says, “Excuse me, you need to get me down now. Please.”
At least he’s polite about it.