Motherly advice and a tea party

My mom has given me lots of advice over the years on how to keep my home, raise the kids and stay sane. I have been following one piece of advice to the "T" recently. She suggested "doing" (cleaning) one room and closing the door, making it off-limits to the little people/room wreckers. Even in our tiny, cozy home (or maybe because it is tiny and cozy) I feel overcome by disorganization at least once in my day. Having my bedroom completely done (bed made, bathroom cleaned, clothes off the chair in the corner, etc.) gives me a BIG feeling of satisfaction. I love to peek in throughout the day at this one, only, tidy room in the house. Thanks for the advice momma!







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I love the book, "The Five Love Languages of Children" (by Garry Chapman, I think). Olivia's love language is CLEARLY time. I can really tell when she hasn't had the time she needs with either Tommy or me, for one-on-one playtime. She has more fits (WHY would I EVER share with Logan? ok I added the verbage on that one, but you get the idea), irrational thinking (I will NEVER get to go swimming, summer is taking FOREVER to get here), and being sent to her room results in 30 minutes of tears. SO today I told her we would play whatever she wants during Logan's WHOLE nap. I am ashamed to say our "playtime" hasn't been as regular as either of us would like.

We started with at tea party followed by some serious craft time.


When Logan woke up from his nap she said "I wish we could play, just you and me, forever."