tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879105757960987853.post7751092142680974883..comments2023-07-09T11:24:58.020-04:00Comments on Just Another Tired Mommy: Ransacked Rooms and other tangents...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085275382498597298noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879105757960987853.post-33032639445662457782012-03-07T10:45:00.180-05:002012-03-07T10:45:00.180-05:00Thank you for your insight! We actually have been ...Thank you for your insight! We actually have been doing the reward thing and they don't seem to care, so we decided to reward their brother in the hopes that they would learn from that. Nope. Maybe an allowance would work in the near future, but now they really have no interest in earning anything! In fact, the little one keeps saying things like, "Yeah...but Wyryan and I can't go to do fun fings because we don't cwyean up oweower wryoon, ryight Momma?!" while giggling. As for the everything has a place thing, I KNOW! Because of the slob I once was (and really still am!) I HAVE to have a place for everything if there is hope for non-chaotic survival. I started trying that approach when we lived in Virginia. Every few months I would go crazy because I would step on a Lego (the WORST. Pain. EVER.) in the kitchen and find that the Legos were so spread out that no one could even USE them! then I would sit down and make bins and drawers for EVERYTHING. I would take an entire DAY to organize, label, and purge in the play room. In less than a week, it would be destroyed. I did this no fewer than ten times in Virginia. I did it five times in the play room of our first house in Montana (we were only there for seven months) and four times in the second house. I have only done the play room once here and have helped Brayden in his room a few times. I have organized and purged in Ryan and Addison's room AT LEAST seven times and they always destroy it within a week. I tend to do it so many times and then just quit. Like washing my floor for instance...Of course, they have taken their room from bad to worse and I honestly don't see HOW they are going to clean it without help. Brayden offered to help them (BEFORE it got this bad) and they sat and played while he cleaned. I offered to help and they were destroying the work I did WHILE I was THERE! Needless to say, I stopped helping! <br /><br />Are you saying that I should have THEM come up with a system? Like maybe ask them where they want to put stuff so that it is easy for them to remember where things go? That sounds like a good idea--especially since SOMETHING needs to be done! I'll keep you posted!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03085275382498597298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879105757960987853.post-58451775010232319172012-03-07T10:28:15.303-05:002012-03-07T10:28:15.303-05:00I swear there was a time in my life when things wo...I swear there was a time in my life when things would happen that seemed like fiction. This story was on the tail end of a list of stories where people would look at me and say, "Come on...that didn't REALLY happen..." but that was (and IS!) my life! Now I look at myself in the mirror and think about my days and the things my children do and say and think, "Come on...that didn't REALLY happen..."!<br /><br />I'm sorry that you go through the same cleaning issues with your children, but I feel better knowing that others endure the same pain, especially when the person is as put together as you are! This way I can tell myself that it is definitely THEM and not ME! I know I need to be more consistent with EVERYTHING, but once they outnumbered me I waved my white flag! The meal thing intrigues me...I may have to try that! One question--do your children take things like...toy kitchens and (what I can only assume) toss them across the room?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03085275382498597298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879105757960987853.post-56096960100464926972012-03-06T13:41:48.745-05:002012-03-06T13:41:48.745-05:00I am SO GLAD that you laughed! I felt like this st...I am SO GLAD that you laughed! I felt like this story dragged on a bit (probably because I have TOLD it a million times in the last...fifteen?! years) and I was sure that I would lose everyone! I'm glad you stuck with it and got a laugh out of it! ;O)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03085275382498597298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879105757960987853.post-78010220247339906662012-03-06T13:39:51.899-05:002012-03-06T13:39:51.899-05:00YAY! Thank you so much--I LOVE winning things! ;o)...YAY! Thank you so much--I LOVE winning things! ;o) I will check it out now--you are AWESOME!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03085275382498597298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879105757960987853.post-38794627565911599002012-03-06T13:39:17.988-05:002012-03-06T13:39:17.988-05:00HA! I am SO VERY CREATIVE! Thank you, Melissa--you...HA! I am SO VERY CREATIVE! Thank you, Melissa--you always make me feel better!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03085275382498597298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879105757960987853.post-56866357591048740132012-03-06T13:38:40.312-05:002012-03-06T13:38:40.312-05:00I agree with you--there is no winning! I tend to p...I agree with you--there is no winning! I tend to put cleaning off because I HATE it AND because I would rather play (or work on this computer!), but my girls are getting a bit ridiculous. their dollhouses are pushed over with clothes on top (and INSIDE) of them--my one daughter shoved clothes between her mattress and her bed. They (of course) throw all of their clothes in the laundry when they clean (the last time, my eldest brought down a FOLDED pile I had just sent up with her for me to wash AGAIN!) and it is a nightmare! They DO come by it naturally!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03085275382498597298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879105757960987853.post-18611109356051918862012-03-06T13:34:37.897-05:002012-03-06T13:34:37.897-05:00That is so funny because MY MOM was very strict, t...That is so funny because MY MOM was very strict, too and I ended up going in the other direction...! :o)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03085275382498597298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879105757960987853.post-73878658648955451892012-03-06T13:04:56.935-05:002012-03-06T13:04:56.935-05:00I'm glad you are ok but I couldn't help LM...I'm glad you are ok but I couldn't help LMAO at this story.Im A Silly Mamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200543553119212137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879105757960987853.post-56494556785227944302012-03-06T11:17:41.081-05:002012-03-06T11:17:41.081-05:00Hi Nika
Just wanted to say I have nominated you f...Hi Nika<br /><br />Just wanted to say I have nominated you for the Sunshine Blog Award, head on over to my blog to check it out:<br /><br />http://unpublishedworksofme.blogspot.com/2012/03/little-ray-of-sunshine.htmlUnpublished Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152652424684567118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879105757960987853.post-30536405907097375822012-03-05T19:46:18.862-05:002012-03-05T19:46:18.862-05:00messiness is a sign of creativity~ glass half full...messiness is a sign of creativity~ glass half full!Melissa Boltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08049497714374749591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879105757960987853.post-51411940946508239872012-03-05T18:46:32.064-05:002012-03-05T18:46:32.064-05:00I will always be a messy person. I guess it's...I will always be a messy person. I guess it's just all in priorities. I'd rather not spend the time cleaning as opposed to doing somethign else.<br /><br />then again, cleaning has to be done.. it's a no win :/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436429973496602245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879105757960987853.post-77481414922202710172012-03-05T17:58:19.767-05:002012-03-05T17:58:19.767-05:00My mom was strict strict strict about keeping our ...My mom was strict strict strict about keeping our rooms clean when my sister and I were kids and I'm a total neat-freak because of it. Everything has a place!Corrinhttp://www.ohheywhatsup.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879105757960987853.post-84628309021098499062012-03-05T17:26:19.155-05:002012-03-05T17:26:19.155-05:00well i don't have any kids of my own yet, but ...well i don't have any kids of my own yet, but when we had something big to do my mom would set a reward (like going to Chuck E. Cheese, i suppose. i remember allot of library trips but she always stood by it. it i didn't do the chore/whatever, then 1 didn't get the reward. which i suppose is easier of you only have one child, but harder if one kid did their chore and one didn't.<br /><br />by 4th grade i got a little allowance, just three dollars a week at first, but $20 by the end of high school if i did my chores for the week. it used to just be keeping my room mostly clean, and putting my dirty laundry in one pile by the washer, and loading and unloading the dishwasher and other little things. <br /><br />and a big tip to keeping a room clean? it's nearly imposible if everything doesn't have a proper place to go. so spending a weekend really, really and organizing their rooms WITH the girls so that both you and they know that everything has a proper place will help greatly with keeping things in their place. and if that means them sorting clothes and toys in the oddest ways imaginable, so be itCatalunaLilithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08959703671124487875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879105757960987853.post-47179740619070515572012-03-05T13:47:42.055-05:002012-03-05T13:47:42.055-05:00Well, first of all, you choked on a fry while bein...Well, first of all, you choked on a fry while being made fun of for being a slob in your aunt's home and calling in a false burglary. This is beyond a funny story. It is outrageously funny.<br /><br />Second, my kids are also slobs. I use the same threats, the same consequences, the same bribes, they are still naturally slobs. The only thing that works for me consistently (and I mean to get them to clean up, not to not be slobs) is to withhold any privileges of fun..and sometimes meals with the fam like last night, until they do their part. This being said, they still create a fire hazard at least every other day, but they don't get to make a new one until the old one has been cleaned up.Perspective Parentinghttp://www.perspectiveparenting.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879105757960987853.post-65173561384125581572012-03-05T13:44:58.452-05:002012-03-05T13:44:58.452-05:00Things seem to stack up around our house as well. ...Things seem to stack up around our house as well. I have a rule: No friends over until the room is clean. That works wonders! Our girls are social butterflies.Your Doctor's Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18010888083503743747noreply@blogger.com