Tuesday Tips

Tip#1: I know it gets old cleaning up the same old floor morning and night. So, go to Grandpa's house and clean the floor there! Everyone needs a change of scenery now and then!

(If you don't have a Grandpa's house to go to, ask your neighbor if you can feed your child dinner at their house tonight. Better yet, ask your neighbor if they will feed your child dinner at their house tonight!)

Tip #2: Can't get your child to eat her peas? Give her a plastic easter egg, put some peas in it, and watch the miracle unfold.

(John put some peas in it first and gave it to her. We knew she thought they were going to be jellybeans at first (she can't get enough of those since Easter) and even when she saw they weren't jelly beans she still ate them. She was probably pretending they were. She had fun filling up the egg with spaghetti too.)

Tip #3: Is your floor getting filled up? Move the party to the walls!

(Where is the mother?? How could she let her child write on her walls??? Thankfully, Trevan caught Mallary, and called me before she could do anymore!!)



Tip #4: Are you sick and tired of your floors being spotless? I know I am! Here is the solution, let your child build a fort in your spotless floor, it will be spotless no more!

(Left overs from Trevan's fort)




Tip #5: All busy mom's need time saver tips. Here's mine. Don't take the time to do your sweet little girls hair.

Tip#6: Save money on clothes and let your little girl wear big brother's jammies!!

(This is why my dad and John threaten to cut Mallary's hair when I'm not looking. On a really good day I will do her hair even though we are just going to stay at home. I will do it for church on Sundays for sure, and usually when we go out somewhere, but it may not look perfect. Admittedly, I thought when I had a girl her hair was always going to be done with cute little bows, etc. Well, I have the cute little bows, but somedays I just don't care. The jammies - I didn't think of this soon enough. Mallary has a ton of pajamas, but a while ago I thought, why don't I look through Trevans old clothes and let Mallary wear his pajamas? So, that's what I did, and that's what I will continue to do. She has plenty of cute girly pajamas, but now I won't have to buy so many. I honestly wouldn't put my boy in girl pajamas though. Actually, John probably wouldn't let me do that. I said I would never make my girl wear her brother's hand-me-downs because I remember as a little girl wearing my brother's hand-me-down underwear.)

Tip#7: Your kids like to play pretend, right? Well, why don't you pretend you are having a slumber party... all day! Let them enjoy being in their pajamas from sun up to sun down. I like it so much, I was sure they would like it too!

(Confession: This really does happen in my house, and I'm just a teeny tiny bit embarrassed about it, but not really, or I wouldn't be sharing. Sometimes if I get in a groove working before they get up and during breakfast I don't want to take the time to stop to change their clothes, or mine. Honestly, it doesn't happen as much as it used to, but we still have our days!)

Tip#8: Can't seem to get your laundry folded and put away? Have your children help you! Though you can forget about your towels being folded in thirds.

(Sometimes the laundry gets folded the night before and placed on the arm of the chair to be carried upstairs. If it is not carried upstairs, and I forget to do it the next morning, without fail Mallary has the laundry strewn across the living room floor immediately following breakfast

Tip #9: You need a look out.

If you don't have an older child, hire one.

Lucky for me, Trevan is a big helper. If I had a quarter for every time I hear this ("Mom, I need you.") during the day, I would be a rich woman. I know to come running if I hear Trevan say those words, because Mallary is in the process of doing something she shouldn't.

Do you have some tips you could add for a Tuesday Tips post? Email me your pictures and tips! Seriously.