As a mom and wife things sometimes start piling up. It is hard to keep up with all the demands life throws at me. After my week last week I am trying to play catch up. My laundry is sky high and my house work has been neglected. I have yet to fall back into my full fly lady routine since after my moms death in February. Ladies my house is cluttering up. It is time to start de-cluttering again. Last week I was preparing for my art show. I then got called and told our whole beef is ready to pick up from the meat locker. Things got put on hold and some things became priority. (Like defrosting my freezers to fit the whole beef.) The other thing that is happening is that the weather has now changed from cold to warm and I feel it is safe to rotate my children’s clothes into there summer wardrobes and in order to do that I need to go through the current wardrobe and get rid of clothes. In 6 days my two oldest kids will be home for the summer and I have a lot of things I want to do before this happens like de-cluttering, going through toys, cleaning there room and so on. I also have a baby quilt I am making for my friend that I have not sewed that I am sending to someone else who is going to machine quilt it for me. Guess what? The quilt isn’t sewn let alone ready to be quilted and she is asking for it so she can get that jobs done because I am sure she is a little more organized than me. Its piling up.
Last week I did all the things that were priority but the biggest priority is my kids. The time when C asks “mommy can you build with me?” I need to stop and build with them. I am learning more that the time I give them is more important than the time I put into a clean organized house and all the other things that demand my attention.
This week I made a list of the projects I want done before my oldest boys get out of school and yesterday guess what I did. Some of my projects but when c asked me to build with him I did. Lego’s are not my forte. Hand me some dolls and I can play mommy with the best of them but I am learning to play the Lego’s the longer I have sons.
When my life starts piling up I start neglecting the important things in life. Whats important? My family, my relationship with God and my friendships. So when my 4 year old asks me to push him on the swing, what should I do? I take the time out and push him on the swing (it doesn’t always happen). It is such a battle daily to keep the important things in view and then fill the rest after that. Its like the visual example of a jar. If you fill the jar with the sand then the pebbles the rocks won’t fit. But if you fill the jar with the big rocks (important stuff) then the pebbles then the sand you can fit everything in. When I start loosing sight of the important things I try to take a few minutes and prioritize what actually is important. House work can wait.
My kids won’t be little forever and so many times I push them aside for all the THINGS I NEED to get done. The thing I need to do is go spend that time with my boy especially since we have only one more year with him home. Time to stop blogging and take care of the important things in my life.
The best part about taking time with my little ones is that I get to start seeing their unique personalities forming. Here’s a few pictures of my kids and the Lego’s I built for them and silly selfies 🙂
Signing off from one woman to another.
Jenny Ren