A Neat and Clean House vs Children
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| Tue, 07-27-2010 - 8:35am |
For those of you who like a neat and clean house, how do you keep it that way with children?
I find that if I am tied to goal of having a neat and clean house, I become a raging shrew against my children as they proceed to undo all the neatness I have worked so hard to attain. If I made a "neat and clean house" my goal, my children would not have their messy projects that take days/weeks to complete. My children would not pick up a book (casually left out)as they walk through the family room and browse through- discovering once again the mother actually knows about a few good books. I would let them watch more tv/computer time, as they don't make things as messy when they do. I would squash their ideas if I thought it would make too much of a mess. I wouldn't let them cook/experiment in the kitchen- as it is usually more work for me to clean up after they have "cleaned up". So, how do you inspire creativity and imagination in a neat and clean house? Are you on top of them to put things away as soon as they are done even if it is temporary? Where do you put the legos?....... Have you ever allowed them to take over the living room with all of their toys arranged in a city complex (thomas the train things were the Metro, legos and blocks were the buildings....)? How long would it stay up? Would let it be up for the summer so they could add to and change tings around as they got new ideas? Or allowed them to take over half of the family room for a month+ while they build and live in a beaver lodge (using all the empty shoe and other boxes and some that weren't empty)? Even if you have to walk around it everyday to get to the kitchen? Or do you require that all toys be put away everyday?

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I call the family and see what they like what they would like to have and I prepare the meal based on that after I've discussed it with them.
When my girlfriend did a dinner for us that is exactly how it was handled the same way I do it.
All the food we take is enjoyed and consumed becuase it is what the people enjoy.
gee, this really isn't complicated but very easy ha
then when I call you would say we don't
I have a question.
Excuse me for asking, but how much do you weigh? Or how much left overs do you have or throw away? That much food would last us almost a week. Even when Joy and family lived with us, that is enough food for 3 dinners.
Chris
The truth may be out there but lies are in your head. Terry Pratchett
There is a saying....Sweet Tea is the House Wine of the south....I live by this for sure.
Sweet tea is a staple.
You are seriously asking a woman (even in cyberspace) how much she weighs? That is bold I'll have to say ha
I don't weigh enough to go to a weight watchers meeting w/out being laughed out of "why are YOU here, you don't need us"
I always have leftovers, I use those for my lunch. My dh won't eat leftovers though. Unless it is pizza or chilli, those I serve him for lunch as well as myself. The kids eat leftovers.
Often times when I'm cooking for someone and delivering food though you have to realize that often they have family as house guests so you are cooking for more than just your friend, her dh and her kids. In one case that included her mother, father, his mother, some addiitonal children, a brother and his wife all staying at the house.
If a family asked for vegan or vegetarian (to make it easier) or low fat or organic you could handle that?
I do that, too.
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