Keepin it real

Ok, so I've been tagged. My friend Claire did a post on her blog that tagged everyone else with a blog to participate. I thought it was pretty funny. Basically you go around your house right now and take pictures of every room and post them. I considered cleaning up before hand, but that's not really keeping it real, huh? So here's the honest truth about the Buchanan house when I desperately need to clean!! I'm going to first defend myself and say that my usual cleaning time is naptime Saturday and Sunday. However, during naptime yesterday I went to the office and worked, and today chose to go to Germantown Festival. So little to no cleaning was done this weekend.

Here goes nothing....

First up is Aubrey's room. Nothing too exciting here; you'll just see lots of "stuff". That is a recurring problem in our house, hence the desire to move to a larger home. Anyway, the Countrywood garage sale is next weekend and I'm planning on selling the stage seen below then. I just have to figure out how to get it out the house without the girls noticing....

Next up is the guest/girls' bathroom at the end of the house. It's rather small and I clean it everytime the girls are in the bathtub, so it stays pretty clean.

Madelyn's room is next. She and Aubrey really enjoy playing in there these days. That also means I make them clean it up nightly. Madelyn used to sleep with about 10 stuffed animals and 5 or 6 books. But since we took the rails off her bed, everything falls off so now it's just the books.... Below is Madelyn's attempt at making her bed in the morning. Not too bad!


Ok, now down to the disaster area - our bedroom. This is always the last room to clean, as usually when I'm cleaning Clint is sleeping in there and I don't want to disturb him. So here's the bed, which we NEVER make because someone is in it all but about 8 hours a day.


As I write this, I am doing laundry, so you'll notice the big piles of clothes on the floor. Those will be off the floor (maybe) by the end of the night. But I have a bad habit of washing and folding clothes, then piling said clean clothes on the floor. That's because putting away clothes is my LEAST favorite chore (well, perhaps it's tied with mopping the floors). I forgot that dress shirt was even hanging up there until I looked at this picture. Clint wore that months ago and it needs to go to the cleaners. Hmmm, maybe I'll do that this week.....


Next in the tour is our den, which is always covered with toys (unless it's after 8:00 and all little people in the house are sleeping). Just when Madelyn was able to understand to only play with one or two toys at a time, along came Aubrey!! Oh well, what can you do?? Now the carpet looks horrible, but that's simply because it's old and worn out. Hopefully all the floors in our house will be replaced by Christmas.

Lastly is the kitchen, which is generally the cleanest room in the house. Both girls LOVE helping me wipe the counters and sweep the floors, so we make it a family event. Also, my wonderful husband mopped the floors yesterday while I was working. Thanks, honey!! Also trying to be considerate, Clint takes off his bulletproof vest and work shirt before coming into our bedroom at night. That was per my request. I would much rather deal with them hanging on the back of a kitchen chair, then be awakened by the sound of velcro at 3:30 every morning!

SO that's the grand tour folks! Now I dare you all to do the same.....

Also along the lines of keeping it real - Madelyn has really been calling me out on things lately. The other day while we were in the car, she started singing "Shush girl, shut your lips. Do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips" from some song that was on my radio. Needless to say, I wasn't too thrilled and have since adjusted my radio station. Also, last night we were watching tv - nothing crude, but not a show geared for a 3 year old. After a few minutes Madelyn said, "Mommy, why are they saying so many bad words? I don't like this."

I guess as parents it's easy to tell your young kids that some things are bad, but actions speak louder than words!!