Pre-Spring cleaning

Here we are approaching spring and we did the pre spring clean in my house. I do it before super bowl. All of the kids are in on the action, and they seem to be positive because they know that they will be watching the game tomorrow.

What did we get done?

•  Cleaned the laundry room
•  Moved out the washer and dryer to make sure we did not have build up behind the machines, because that would create a fire hazard!
•  Cleaned the carpet throughout the downstairs
•  lay down fresh entry mats at each door (it’s getting warmer but it is still wet and muddy)
•  Turn the soil in the front beds!
•  It’s almost time to plant for spring so get the soil ready and keep the green moss away.
• Scrub the patios front and back
• Wash out all the spider webs around the outside of the house (use the pressure washer and the kids love to work
• Wash all of the windows inside and out ( use the steam cleaner and again the kids will love to help)
• Wash all the draperies
• Take down and wash all the vents in the house (after using the heater November – January the dust has built up and that is not good for the allergies)
• Take all of the nick knack out and put them in a box and bring out a little color of spring
• Dust all of the book shelves
• Clean out the car, scrub and wash and shine, Wrestling has found a home in the suburban and it is starting to smell like teenage sports.
• Sanitize it, door knobs, hand rails, light switches, toys, and furniture. The cold / flu has been traveling and we don’t want to catch it during wrestling finals or state championships!

That is what we did on Saturday, all of us together. We started at 11:30 after a movie, breakfast, and breakfast dishes. We were done by 4:30 so that all of the kids still got to go out and play with friends for a little while

And now we are ready to be a lazzy super bowl Sunday

MAintaining a household with 6 children is a lot of work but we have a lot of stong boys so it gets done fast.

Wow what a week we had in our family.

I continue to work on my priority list, although this week has been a slow one. When I started my New Life Priority List, I was diligent to look over what I had done each day. Now I find that I have to push myself to checkup and it has not happened daily. Like a workout routine, I have to find the determination to push through the though periods for the reward.
I watched my son wrestle, and boy has Michael gotten better this year. He has strength, stamina, and great training. He will be a wrestling monster by the time he is a senior. He has the grades to go with it, push a 3.9 GPA. If they give scholar ships for wrestling his grades and student conduct will bring him into the running (I hope).
There are always things that need to be done on the home front, but I want to take all of my opportunities to live in the moment that I can.
Loralie has been absolutely adorable this week. She loves her book time. She grabs a book and scoots backward then sits into my lap. It is really funny. She is 12 months old and anticipates that when she approaches with a book we will produce a lap I could be doing dishes or have my arms full of laundry and she backs into me with a book in hand and I have to have dropped whatever I have and be sitting in wait before she gets there. If I don’t she looks up at me like her little heart is in her eyes. It melts me every time.
Now for all of you moms out there, why do junior higher have to get all mouthy playing word games, always having a come back?
In my home we have made it through two junior higher, and they quickly moved out of the phase. Now, we have two new junior high students that are trying the same thing. One has been quick for correction, but the other just keeps making bad choices. The consequences are not going to go away, but he acts surprised every time.