Part I:
Taybri is growing and changing so fast that it is leaving my emotions very torn! It makes me so sad that my new tiny baby is not so new and tiny anymore, but it is great to see her pass those milestones and learn new things. I just have a hard time being excited or wanting to clap when she accomplishes something. I wish she would slow down just a little... I am just mixed with my emotions right now. Here are a few pictures of what she has been up to!
This is how the first few months were spent... Acid Reflux! She loved it as you can tell! Plus the baby acne in this photo! She's going to love looking at this one when she's older!
Loves peekaboo!
Trying out cereal... She loves it! And.. Hil & Marie, you may not recognize it, but she is wearing the outfit you gave me when I had Brylie! One of my favorites!
Yup! That's homework she is eating!!
And to top it all off... She is rolling like crazy, crawling a few feet, and she got a tooth last night! She is 5 1/2 months old! I have a video of her crawling and rolling, but blogger does not want to load it for me!! I 'll keep trying! As great as it is, it makes me incredibly sad.... We are just glad she is part of our family!
Yup! That's homework she is eating!!And to top it all off... She is rolling like crazy, crawling a few feet, and she got a tooth last night! She is 5 1/2 months old! I have a video of her crawling and rolling, but blogger does not want to load it for me!! I 'll keep trying! As great as it is, it makes me incredibly sad.... We are just glad she is part of our family!
Part II:
We have been discussing "chores" at our house for the past few YEARS! But it's time to get serious... But, I'm torn... There are a few cleaning OCD's I have that I would rather not let anyone else do. I need to overcome these so I can teach my children valuable life lessons. I am struggling! I feel like I am asking my kids to do things all day, but they are not necessarily assigned chores. They each have one or two things that they are responsible for during the week, but we are talking about a daily chore chart. When I think about it, I would rather just do them- sort of that 'want it done right, do it yourself' attitude... And then there are my excuses "They are at school all day, I don't want to make them come home to homework and chores!" or "It's summer, they are kids, they need to play!" I honestly thought I would love the day my kids could help out around the house, but now I don't want to give up my spotless dishes and toilets.... I know I need to teach them the value of hard work, I'm just torn on how to do it. I understand how crazy I sound, but part of FHE tonight is coming up with a chore chart - Dean is putting is foot down! Sooo. I need some thoughts! Thanks!
12 comments:
She's so cute. So when Ryman says "The baby ate my homework", its actually true.
Taybri is ADORABLE!!! And when it comes to chores, it's a good thing for the kids to learn how to do some and ones that they are in charge of, but don't set them up to fail. Give them chores that they can do and do well. Dishes - show them how to load the dishwasher. Rinse off the dishes to your satisfaction then hand them to one of the kids to put in the dishwasher. In the bathroom, give them a Clorox wipe and let them wipe down the counters, door, light switch. You can still take care of the toilet. Good luck!!
Awww... I can't believe you saved the outfit for so long and actually remember who gave it to you. And I'm with you on the chores. I'd so much rather do it myself!
My mom and I were talking about this exact subject. Yes, it is easier to just do it yourself. But your kids will learn nothing except for a "Mom can do it, why should I" attitude. Your future sons and daughters in laws will hate you for it. They have got to learn how to clean a toilet well at some point. You can go back and touch it up while they are at school if it bothers you so much.
Good for you for going for it though!
Oh yeah, Taybri is ADORABLE! Holy moly she is cute. I love her facial expressions.
Here's an idea, they can come to my house and learn how to scrub a toliet and wash dishes by hand (since I don't have a dish washer.) Just an idea!
Your baby girl is darling! She looks like a good mixture of all your other kids. I get sad that James is doing so many new things, too. But only because he's my first and I sometimes wonder if I'll be less excited about these new things with my future kids. Were you less excited than you were with Ryman?
As for giving your kids chores, all I can say is could you even imagine growing up without your mom having given you chores? Chores are a big part of funny childhood memories for me. Like my mom telling us we had to pull 100 weeds in the yard every week in the summertime (oh how I hated that!). I also remember setting the table for dinner every night--I'm sure that's a simple thing they can learn to do. Anyway, that's all. Love you Cacky!
The shout-out in this post (and your incredible memory) made my day! I miss you. Email me your phone number so I can call you and we can catch up!
LOVE the picture of the food coming out of her nose. That is awesome! I don't think I've ever seen anything like that before! Its always something isn't it?!?
you have such cute kids!
I am totally with you on the chore thing. I am so ocd about my cleaning that I can't handle letting anyone else do it. Peter and I also struggle to find a balance of what they need to do. His mom did EVERYTHING for him, and I of course grew up feeling like a chore slave:) So I have the mentality that I don't want my kids to feel like I did so other than a few little things I do it all, and Peter thinks they should do more...maybe we will get it right in time for grandkids:)
You're such a great mom! I can't believe how big the kids are!!!
I'm with Malita...you can send 'em on over and I will put them right to work and then send them back all trained...it may take a month...or two though.
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