Time to clean!!

I decided I can't do it all the time, all on my own. So I had a brilliant idea.....Why don't I get my little minions to help me? I went out and bought them each their own pair of cleaning gloves (they thought they were superhero costumes), and we had a cleaning spree. It was great!! I highly recommend this for little boys. Because, as you know if you have more than one, if they are not being productive....they are being destructive. And they are really good at both.

Helpers

Here they are scrubbing the floor. They did really well, and they thought it was fun!!

What would you do.....

My friend and I were talking on the phone the other day and she brought up an interesting delima. It is one that I'm sure all mothers of little kids experience. I am writing this blog to get your input on it. Let's have a little discussion. OK, here it is. An acquaintance of my friend called her up and asked her if she likes "drop in" company or if she prefer advanced notice. Now being the sweet person that my friend is she wanted to be available for ministering to anyone just on a whim. But... the reality is that she is a mom of little children and you know that it is impossible to keep your house "company clean" all the time. She was in a pickle. She wants to be available for people whenever, but struggles with the embarrassment of surprise visitors seeing her dust bunnies. We are called to love people, but we are also called to be keepers of the home. Don't you think a lot of of see our untidy houses as a reflections of ourselves personally? What would you say? Is it ok to say you would prefer a call first? Anybody have any good ideas on how to manage housekeeping and little kids? What do you think about this tension in general? Is it pride, is it legitimate? Got any solutions? Love to here from you.

It's so fun to play in the snow!!

More snow

Today we hit 76 inches of snow accumulation in Spokane. That equates to approx. 3 feet of snow on the ground with 7 foot snow banks.

This is a lot of snow!

Cute, Cute, Cute

I think I already have a few other blogs with the same title. But really, there are no other words that sum it up so well!

Brothers

Here I am desperately trying to get a serious picture...and Isaac thwarting me at every turn. Look at Levi....He's like "I can't help ya mom, you are on your own with these nutty guys"

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