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?

Day 7- Dr. Mischief!

I didn't have a chance to shoot today so I picked some of my favorite pictures of Charlie-

 Christy took this when she was watching him. The boy loves animals! He'll either be a vet or a dentist when he grows up! He likes to use his toy drill to drill in his own mouth.

 Or maybe a Mad Scientist! He has the hair!

Or a farmer... NOT THE PETTING ZOO! He scaled the fence to get to the sheep.

Anyway we love him!

Day 7 Snow Day

Summer trip to the "ca-vin"

Part two! Part one may come in 6 months...
The kids a Big Springs

 4 cute girls at Keg Creek (I have to mention Xadi's baby Emily too!)

 These might have been my Christmas card, but we are working things. Sadly, I vary from day to day on how I feel about that. I wish I had a crystal ball and could see in to the future! I just have to have faith that I'm doing the right thing, for me and my kids. I hope this teaches them the lessons they may need throughout their lives. I hope they never doubt my love for them or that every thought, decision and prayer had them in mind! I would literally walk through fire to save them pain. I love him too, but I know he has choices where as they don't. His choices  can hurt them far more than the will hurt him. That's what sucks about free agency- the innocent get hurt the most!

 My cute girl!

I love that my kids love to cuddle and kiss each other. I hope that is because they feel loved and can share it. 

 The only wildlife we saw in the park!

Swinging at the cabin.

 After a full day of being dragged around yellowstone they are still smiling!

So We decided to hit bear world on the way back to SLC. Well worth it!

My boy was a little apprensive about the rides but he LOVED....

The petting Zoo!