Not Super Mom...Just Surviving Like the Rest of You Moms!

I feel I need to clarify; I am NOT Wonder Woman or Super Mom.  I am a good mom (thanks to the help of my fabulous hubby and a TON of wonderful people in my life), but I don’t have the super powers my blog from Saturday may imply.  J  And every other one of you Moms out there are AMAZING!

 I’ve been asked about my abilities to get things done and yet play with my kids.  Well it’s no secret, for every one thing I accomplish in a day/week there are about 50 more that I don’t get accomplished.  And I don’t stress about it! For example my Christmas tree is still up and may be up through Easter at this rate. And cleaning bathrooms, really cleaning, or scrubbing floors only happens once every 2 weeks or so if we’re lucky.

 I con my kids into helping me with chores.  We play “See Who Can Put Away Their Clothes the Fastest” and “Who’s Floor is the Cleanest” (I always loose that one!).  Right now they see it as a huge game, but when they get older they will recent me for using them as child labor!  (Please remember I speak sarcasm.) 

Another secret (it’s not really a secret): sometimes I just drop everything despite the sky high pile of dishes in my sink and just play.  We head downstairs and play Wii or Legos or cook in the kitchen.  Other times we load on the sunscreen (summer) or stuff ourselves into winter gear and head outside.  When I don’t see my mess, I play better with the kids.  So I get away from the mess and just play.  I’ll never get this time when my kids are little back, so a messy house or dirty floors isn’t going to stop me from playing with my kiddos.   

 Along with all listed above routine is key in my life.  I work best when I get up at 6:05AM and proceed through the day with a relative sense of routine.  Not that I’m OCD, but a schedule is helpful not only for me but for the family to function.  There is also something to be said for getting your outfit out the night before and getting your kids to put their book bags and things in the same place all the time.  When we’re a well-oiled machine we save valuable time and use it to do FUN things together.