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Sunday, August 16, 2009

He's already bigger...

So lately I've been feeling as though it is 100% completley pointless of me cleaning the house. Ive recently taken away all the boys toys, and given them back to them and for a while, Coltin was doing really well at making sure his room is always clean and toys put away where they belong. But now, not so much. I know I just need to have a little more patience, he is just a little boy. Plus now that Coltin is in school, I have the time to clean the house. And so I do. And it seems as though the moment Coltin gets home from school the house is destroyed again. I dont know how its even possible. I make sure the house is cleaned before I go to bed, and by the time i get up, its messy again. Or so it seems. I scrub the boys bathroom, and not even an hour later, there is pee all over the bottom of the toilet seat again and it just reaks of urine. Ive been feeling that I do not get that much help from Bo anymore. And I was going to talk to Bo about it this morning, when we were all sitting down eating breakfast. And I was complaining that I sweep the floor every day etc etc etc. And Bo mentioned that in not too long from now the boys will be able to help out with the housework. I told Coltin that he could help unload the dishwasher and Conner could out away the silverware (minus the sharp knives). And Conner had to make sure that Daddy was included too and asked what Daddy could do to help too. And I told him that when Daddy gets bigger then he can help out too, And Conner responds, "But he's already bigger" it was so funny, then I responded, "well then Daddy should be helping out too" Bo just laughed and laughed. I told him I was serious and that he does need to help out around the house more.
I went to the Stake Baptisms yesterday for this little girl Mackenzie in my ward. She has it hard. Her mom and dad are separated right now. Dad is not active, mom isnt that active either. She had her grandfather(who used to be in my ward too) baptize her, and it was so spiritual. During her confirmation (given by her uncle) I couldnt help myself, but cry. I felt the spirit so strongly. And of course as soon as the confirmation was over I was asked to go up and present her with her Baptism scrapbook that the children get once they are baptised. And I was bawling the whole time. And even now when I think about it, i get a little teary eyed. I just hope that Mackenzie will be able to recognize the spirit like I did.
Thats all

3 comments:

Beluga said...

Good solid rant. And we all know about husbands helping around the house...

Keri said...

Carlie...I feel your pain. With 3 boys now, I don't know how I'll ever keep up on bathrooms. Sweeping the floor happens at least 3 times around here too, so just know you're not the only one. I'm right there with ya.

Patterson Family said...

I used to care more, but I found that I'm a happier person, a better mom/wife when I just let it go. We all want that perfectly clean house so bad, toooo bad. I've learned that my kids aren't going to remeber if our house was clean or not, but they will remeber if we had fun together. I totally feel your pain! I just decided I can settle for mostly clean so that I can still do everything I want to with my family while keeping my Sanity.