Thursday, September 20, 2007

What a Home with Preschoolers Looks Like.....

When I was first pregnant with Maddleyn I never would have imagined what a glimpse into our home 4 1/2 years later would look like. It's one of those things they don't tell you in the instruction manual you get with a new baby (haha!)

What a home with Preschooler's looks like.....
1. Having to move a basket's worth of toys out of the bathtub before you can get a shower.
2. The dinner attire for lunch is leotards and tu-tu's.
3. Our home goes through more peanut butter and jelly than most homes do laundry detergent.
4. I am ready to buy stock in Tide.
5. The front glass door grows magical fingerprints 5 minutes after each cleaning.
6. Going to bed is now a "routine"?
7. One of the most popular topics for the past several YEARS has been: do you have to go potty, did you go potty yet, and all other things related to the topic.
8. The words "I don't want to play with you anymore!" Can cause a river of tears and then always leads to fighting.
9. We can tell you just what cleaner works best to get crayon/grape juice/playdough off just about any surface.
10. I know more of the story line on Disney, Nick Jr., and PBS than I do prime time TV.
11. The Social event of the week is playgroup.
12. I can't tell you the last time I did something that wasn't for kids, about kids, or with mom's of other kids?
13. We never make it past the children's section of most stores.
14. You get Hannah Montana songs stuck in your head.
15. It's a toss up between a new morgage and a years worth of digital print processing (haha!)
16. You now know that one can get a pair of kid scissors stuck in your hair without snipping a single stand (Emma was praising God I'm sure!)
17. There are arguments over who get's to say the blessing over dinner.
18. You wash more clothes in one week than the total amount of clothes you owned in high school!
19. There are toys in EVERY room of your home (yes even laundry room and our bed room??)
20. There is NEVER a dull moment in your home, but in the same token you've NEVER laughed so hard in your life!

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