How I Clean My House

I know you are all dying to know how I clean. I call it "A-D-D" style. I usually start with laundry. I start the washing machine and then take the clothes out of the dryer. (The clothes in there have usually been there since the last time I did laundry. I NEVER fold the last load.) I start folding them and realize that I started that washer and didn't put any clothes in. So I return to the laundry room to put the clothes in. Back to folding. I then come upon something that needs to be hung in the closet before it wrinkles so I head in there for a hanger. While in the closet, I notice how unorganized it is so I start taking things out and making everything look nice. I find a toy that belongs to my girls so I take it to their bedroom. While in there, I notice all the little toys that pose a choking hazard for Avery, so I start cleaning all them up. In the middle of that I find a hair bow that Abbey wore the day before so I take that to their bathroom. I then notice that the bathroom sink is really dirty so I get out the cleaning supplies and start scrubbing the bathroom. They have a cup in there that they use to rinse their mouths that needs to be washed so I take it to the kitchen. I notice that the sink is full of dishes, so I unload the dishwasher so that I can re-load it. (I never unload the dishwasher until I need to fill it again.) After I finish loading the dishwasher I need to wash all the other dishes by hand but realize that I don't have any clean dishcloths because they are all on my bed waiting to be folded and put away. I head back to the bedroom and finish folding the laundry so I can come back later to finish washing the dishes.

I don't ever concentrate on getting one room completely done all at once, but eventually everything does get cleaned.

Girls Night

Over the weekend, David went on a little fishing trip with my dad and brothers. We decided to have a girls night here at home. I knew I had to have all the plans written down on paper, otherwise the girls would put up a fight and want to get to the fun things first.

We had yummy brownie sundaes!

Abbey and Alyssa wanted their fingers painted as well as their toes.

A picture of all our toes.
Avery let me paint hers as well, but she wouldn't hold still long enough to get a picture of it.

Despite a few disagreements, we had a fun night overall. By 9:00 I was exhausted, but the girls still had tons of energy. I went to bed and Abbey was still playing with toys in her room while Alyssa watched a movie in the living room.

Bathroom Re-do

I decided that I needed a project, so I thought I would change the girls bathroom. I got the color idea from my cute cousin Cortney's wedding announcement. (I hope she doesn't mind!!) Most of the items in there I was able to reuse. I already had the baskets, so I spray painted them black and glued on the green ribbon. I also had the candles already. I got the cheap-o towels, rugs and shower curtain from Target. The frames were only $6 for a pack of 4 so the whole project only cost me about $45! I thought that was pretty good and I am really happy with how it all turned out. My next goal is to paint my girls bedrooms, my bedroom and my bathroom. We will see if that actually happens!

2 month Appt.

Yesterday Anastyn had her 2 month check-up at the pediatrician. I was really anxious to go because she is so chunky and I was dying to see how much she weighs. Here are the stats:

Weight: 12 lbs 12 oz!! 90%

Height: 23 inches 75%

Her head is in the 70%

She is such a good baby. She is always smiling and I even got her to laugh the other day. I love that she will snuggle and that she smiles when I kiss her cheeks.

4th Festivities!

Avery was hiding from the sprinklers.

Avery was not a fan of the sprinklers.

After the parade we took the girls over to Grandma Jeri's house to run through the sprinklers and have a BBQ. It was so nice and relaxing.

On Sunday we celebrated with our friends David and Kristin. We had another BBQ and let the girls play in the water. Between the two of our families we have 6 girls! Kristin is pregnant with a boy right now though so she is breaking our streak. We also did fireworks with them. Abbey always has the funniest reactions to things like that. She would say "Oh that was magical!" and jump up and down.

We watched the Magna fireworks from our car on Saturday night and she would say things like "that one looked like honey pouring out of the jar!" or "that one looked like a person shouting hooray!". She is the queen on adjectives.

Magna Parade

Abbey said she wanted to get sprayed and once she got wet she was mad. She said she didn't want to get that wet. Silly girl!

My dream car. I even love the colors.

Me and Anastyn

David and Avery

Alyssa and Abbey

This year we went to the Magna parade. The girls had a blast and got tons of candy. The weather was perfect this year too. This parade always starts at noon so it is usually blazing hot but this year it was only 80 degrees at that time of day.

Anastyn

Cute Smile

Anastyn with Grandma Maples

These are the latest pictures of our baby girl. She is the BEST baby. I thought Avery was good as an infant, but Anastyn is way better. She only gets upset when she is hungry or has a messy diaper. She smiles all the time and is super mellow! We love this little girl!