Roo is Two!

My little Buck-a-Roo turns 2! WaHOOO!

He LOVES animals! So we got him a pony! ok it was just for 3 hours, but fun none the less.

 Xadi's gift for him was a set of screw drivers! He loved them!

 She also gave him a couple of turtles he still loves! I found a lot of Chevron cars on E-bay cause he loved playing with my friend Sharie's set.

Summer trip to the "CA-VIN"

The kids getting ready to go down the river in the kayaks! So fun!

 Me and My dear friend Kendra! Aren't we some Super Hot Mama's?

 My boyfriend! This little boy loves me! It's so cute!

 So does this one! 

Kendra stayed a couple days then Charity came up! We went to Yellowstone and up to Keg creek.

 Sadly the only wild life we saw in the park. Charity's daughters were really hoping to see a bear!

 We stopped at Bear World on the way home. We just had to see a bear! Charlie loved all the animals he goes crazy for them! 

 and ride some rides!

I have the greatest friends in the world! Thanks for making my summer vacation amazing!

Chores

"Can I play with Helene?"
"sure if your chores are done and you toys are picked up."
"Ah Mom, can't she help me do it?"
"No. You have to do it your self. Come on it will take you five minutes."

6 hours! Yes 6 hours! "Later Mom can I just not do chores anymore?"
"no sweetie, if I did that I'd be a bad mommy!"

So this is the daily battle at my house! I feel like the bad mom. Like I'm always cleaning or working and never having any fun with them. My house never feels clean or put together I just feel like a lab rat on a tread mill!

I've tried the oscar the garbage bag that gets hungry and eats the toys then pukes them out once a week and they have 10 min to put them away. I've tried throwing them away. I've tried a timer. I've done it with them. I let them do it alone. All of which have just seemed to lead to tears and an almost mental break down for me! I feel like the worst mom in the world! My kids seriously HATE clean up. Xadi use to have her morning or afternoon constitutional at clean up time in nursery. Charlie throws fits at clean up time and hides.

Anyone else suffer from this? How do or did you deal with it?