HOUSE CLEANING

FOR THE LAST MONTH OR SO, I HAVE ASKED(OR MADE AT TIMES) MY FAMILY HELP ME DO THE DEEP CLEANING. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN SPRING,BUT WE DECIEDED TO WAIT UNTIL CLOSER TO WHEN OLIVIA WAS BORN SO SHE COULD COME HOME TO A SUPER CLEAN HOME. WE DID WINDOWS, BLINDS, STAIRWAY, DRAPES, ON TOP OF AND IN CABINETS, AND SHELVES. UNDER BEDS, AND CLOSETS. YOU NAME IT WE PROBABLY DID IT. MAX WAS THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC, BECAUSE I TOLD THE KIDS THEY COULD CHOSE A TOY WHEN WE WERE DONE. HE ASKED EVERYDAY WHAT HE COULD DO TO CROSS SOMETHING OFF "THE LIST". KONNOR JUST LOVES HELPING TO DO ANYTHING, AND TAYLOR IS USED TO DOING IT WITHOUT GETTING A PRIZE, SO SHE WAS THRILLED. DAN HAS COME A LONG WAY. HE USED TO HATE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT EVERYTHING I MADE HIM DO. HE HAS SINCE GROWN UP AND MATURED. IN FACT HELPING ME AROUND THE HOUSE IS A BETTER GIFT THAN FLOWERS, OR A PRICEY DINNER, OR ANY OTHER GIFT. IT ALLOWS ME TO SPEND TIME PLAYING WITH ME AND THE KIDS, WITHOUT IN THE BACK OF MY MIND THINKING OF ALL THE OTHER THINGS I NEED TO BE DOING. DAN LOVES CLOTHES, SHOES, AND IS A TINY BIT OF A PACK RAT, SO GETTING HIM TO GO THRU HIS CLOSET TOOK 6 WKS. OF HAVING BINS AND BOXES HE HAD TO WALK AROUND IN OUR ROOM. HE FINALLY GAVE IN. HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB AND NEVER CREID ONCE ABOUT ANYTHING I TOLD HIM TO JUNK. BETWEEN HIS HALF OF THE CLOSET, DRESSER, AND NIGHT STAND, HE GAVE 3 BOXES AND 1 BAG OF STUFF TO D.I., AND 8 BAGS OF GARBAGE!!! HE WAS ABLE TO MOVE HIS HUNTING STUFF IN TO THE CLOSET SO I WOULD HAVE ROOM UNDER THE BOYS BED FOR SOME OF THIER TOYS. HE ALSO HAS A COMPLETELY EMPTY DRAWER IN HIS DRESSER FOR OLIVIA. IT FEELD SO GOOD TO HAVE EVERY SHELF CLEANED AND ORGANIZED AND DEJUNKED. I FEEL BETTER ABOUT OUR CRAMPED SPACE, WHICH MAKES ME A HAPPIER MOM. THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME AND BEING SO WILLING TO HELP OUT, YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB!!
DAN HAD THIS SHIRT OF HIS BROTHERS(MATT) THAT HE WORE WHILE HE PLAYED IN H.S. TOO. IT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT THE ELASTIC DIDN'T ROT IN. HE COULDN'T PART WITH IT SO DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU GET IT AS A WHITE ELEPHANT GIFT. AND THE HAT, "IT STILL FITS, WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S TOO SMALL?" i COULDN'T GET IT D.I.'D, INSTEAD MAX GOT A NEW HAT(HE NEVER WEARS HATS), SO IT WILL BE GIVE AWAY NEXT TIME WE DEJUNK.
NOTICE THAT THE 4TH SHELF HAS ONLY 1 STACK OF T-SHIRTS, NOT 3 AND A DRAWER IN THE DRESSER. HE GOT RID OF ALOT OF T-SHIRTS. IT HAS BEEN 3 WEEKS SINCE HE DID THIS, AND HE HAS ACTUALLY KEPT IT LOOKING THIS GOOD.
I KNOW HIS CLOTHES STILL LOOK CRAMPED(LIKE I SAID HE LOVES CLOTHES), BUT THE FACT THAT THERE IS SPACE BETWEEN EACH HANGER IS A MIRACLE. WAY TO GO HUN. SOME KID IN AFRICA IS GOING TO LOVE YOUR CLOTHES!!!!
DAN CROSSING HIS CLOSET OFF "THE LIST". HE DESERVED IT.
THESE ARE THE PRIZES THE KIDS CHOSE. TAY= HANNAH MONTANA CD, MAX= TRIPLE CHANGING TRANSFORMER, KONNOR= PARANA ATTACK GAME.