Getting it all done

 Just like every family, our weeks are busy.  They are full of school, work, play, groceries, cleaning, laundry, bills, appointments, baths, and more.  Our kids aren't even involved in activities yet so I can't even imagine what our days will look like when that happens. 

 

 

 I am always searching for the best way to fit it all in and not let something fall to the wayside. I try to schedule all our responsibilities into the most efficient time frames. I make my lists and check them millions of times making sure I don't miss a thing. Unfortunately I tend to be Type A. I sit down to nurse Bennett, see a cheese-it cracker under the couch and can barely sit long enought to finish feeding him before getting up to clean up that one silly cracker.

My house never seems clean enough, my laundry hamper never empty, and there is always an item on my grocery list. However, my kids are happy, my husband makes me schedule time for fun, and we have the pictures to prove it.  That is one of the main reasons I continue to blog.  Not only does writing give me an outlet, something I have always enjoyed, but it also gives our family a way to look back on the fun things we have done together. Marie loves to look back at the past blogs and watch videos, listen to herself talk, see her old house, and see how big she has gotten.

 Does it take time?  Yes.  Do I always feel like going through the uploading and editing of photos? No. But the end product is worth it. So, "Blog Post" is always on my weekly to-do list.  Not every day is blog-worthy, believe me.

We have days where it all comes together and we sit down at night with the kids tucked in bed, look at eachother and think, "Yep, we have it all figured it out. We are getting the hang of this!"  Then we have times were it is 9:30 at night, our daughter is still up asking for one more drink while Bennett is getting changed for the 30th time because he pooped again, I am scrubbing the carpet from Charlie throw-up and Andy is struggling to get any sort of studying done while everything else is going on. We look at each other and think, "What are we doing wrong?"

 

 

On this particular day, the to-do list seemed never ending. But Andy spotted perfect packing snow and out we went - it was time to build a snowman.  Marie and Daddy did the work while Bennett and Mommy were on the swing taking pictures and Charlie was begging to go inside.  Is my laundry done?  No.  But I did get to cross "family time" off my list.