Tuesday is Wash Day

for washing the clothes that is
because I don't like doing laundry every day,
I like to get it all done in one day.

So here is a glimpse into what goes on around our house on wash day.


645 - wake up and eat a bowl of cereal
655 - two dirty clothes baskets in my room
700 - family scriptures and prayer
715 - get two oldest off to school
720 - begin sorting dirty clothes
730 - first load of laundry in washer
740 - two more dirty clothes baskets in my room
750 - more sorting
800 - take two youngest boys out to the bus stop
815 - finish sorting out the dirty clothes
830 - second load in washer
835 - take a quick bath and get dressed
900 - go upstairs, take off dirty sheets so they can be washed
915 - first load of laundry out of dryer, third load in washer
925 - sort and fold whites, put them away
935 - put clean sheets on my bed, make the bed
945 - clean up breakfast dishes/mess in kitchen
1000 - tackle some of my primary to-do list
1030 - load finished dump clean clothes on couch, fourth load in
1045 - leave house to run some errands
1130 - get home, dump clean clothes on the couch, fifth load in
1140 - welcome home my favorite kindergartener
1145 - begin folding and sorting clean clothes
1200 - lunchtime
1250 - another load done dump on couch, sixth load in
100 - down time with two youngest kids
215 - load finished, dump on couch, seventh load in
220 - second round of folding and sorting clean clothes
310 - oldest son home from school
315 - load finished, dump on couch, eighth load in
320 - take miss m to dance class
430 - back home, all kids are now home
445 - start on dinner
510 - eat, eat, eat
525 - take oldest to bball practice
530 - load finished, dump on couch, ninth load in
535 - no, stall last load so that I can add a few more items later
545 - take second son to karate
625 - unload dryer, dump on couch, final fold and sort
645 - pick up second son from karate
700 - get two oldest boys to mutual
720 - get clean sheets back on the beds upstairs
730 - have younger kids take clean clothes baskets up to room, put their clothes away and get pajamas on
745 - add last few items to last load of laundry and run it
815 - put last load into dryer, where it will sit until tomorrow to be put away
840 -boys home from mutual, they take their clean clothes baskets to their rooms and put their clothes away
900 - bedtime, for the kids

*sidenotes

*Tuesday is not just wash day it is also our busiest day of the week as far as the kids activities.
*I usually have an angel that helps out with driving son #2 to/from or both to karate. She is a big help to our family (and not just on Tuesdays)!
*I have always thought I did around eight loads of laundry on Tuesdays but never counted, so it is good to see that my estimating skills are still in tact.


I know a lot of people who do a load of laundry a day and if it works for them that is great but this is what works for me and my family so this is what we do.

Happy Tuesday!!

Napoleon Dynomite

You've seen the movie but have you played the game?

My husband received the game "Napoleon Dynomite" around Christmas and so the boys and I decided to give it a try.

It is a drawing game.

And I thought I was bad at pictionary. This game is even more challenging for me because it limits what you are drawing.

Animals.

But not just any animals.

You pick two cards from the card pile. Each one has written on it a type of animal. Your task is to then draw a combination of the two animals within a certain time limit. Then, you get points based on if others can guess (within that time limit) what two animals your drawing represent.

Once I realized this was a drawing game I knew right away one of my kids would have an advantage over all of us. And I was right. Just look at the evidence.

Can you guess what this is?

Yep, a fox-alligator. A drawing by Mr. P.

How about this one?

This one is a penguin-goat. And it happens to be my creation that my kids only half-guessed. So I only got half the points.

Here are two of the creations my creative son who loves to draw made.

A horse-rabbit.

And an osterich-bee.


Both drawings earned him full points. Because he is good like that.

And I am not.

Honored

Two weeks ago he was honored.

Honored for becoming an Eagle Scout.

We are so proud of him. He set a goal-and accomplished it. Awesome!


It was NOT at the pushing of his father and I that he got it done so early nor was it because we helped him out so much. He had two GREAT Scout Leaders that helped him along and let him know what he needed to do and it was his desire to get it done by his 14th birthday.

He did the work and he was rewarded.

We were honored to have so many family and friends at his Court of Honor to help us celebrate in him becoming an Eagle Scout and I could tell he was happy to have them there too.

I am honored to be his mother.

Third Time was a Charm

It only took three serious attempts to get this girl potty-trained.
She is on day 5 now and doing so well.

After four boys, people kept telling me that girls are easier to potty-train than boys, so I was hopeful when I attempted for the first time almost a year ago.
She let me know loud and clear it was NOT happening!

I think that I am mostly to blame as I consider myself one of the worst "potty-trainers" around.
However, I think we are on the right track now and she is looking so much more grown up to me and not nearly as stubborn as I once mentioned before.