A Mom’s Life Made Simple

Anyone who followed my last Tackle It Tuesday knows that laundry was my goal and nothing has changed this week! Over the weekend my dryer decided to stop working, that’s right you may cry with me for a brief moment if you’d like.  Now, I honestly didn’t think I used my dryer a lot but I was wrong… so very wrong. I now have piles of sheets, socks, underwear, towels, and the fact that my youngest daughter has decided to forget to go to the potty at nights again this week isn’t helping with the sheets!

So as I look at this huge pile of clothes while glaring at my dryer, how can you leave me in this time of need dear friend I beg but my dryer only sits with it’s lid closed waiting to be fixed or replaced. I decide to turn to my trusty friend the clothes line, sure it’ll be a challenge but I’m sure I can do it… yeah sure I can do since the weather man says it’s going to rain EVERY SINGLE DAY this week!   WHY OH WHY did you break on me dryer of mine!!!  

Today I tackle the laundry and the weather please let me come out a on the better end of the mix!

Click on the picture above and see what others are tackling this week and add your own!

I’ve been up working since 3am and I don’t get off until 8am. I’m tired, cranky, hot, and dreading the fact that when I get off work feeling the need to fall asleep my girls will be just waking up and ready to face the day with all their hyperness. Isn’t the life of a mother wonderful! 

So I’m thinking I need some fun things to keep them busy today so that maybe I can at least sit with my eyes closed for five minutes. If you find that I haven’t posted in a few days after this you may want to send someone to wake me up!

Here are some fun things to try if you’re a sleep deprived mom like myself: http://www.lifetips.com/

PUDDING PAINTING

Make a box of instant pudding. Take your children outside and let them fingerpaint with the pudding. After, they can lick their fingers and you can get out the hose for some water fun!!! A great activity for young children.

ICE CREAM AND WATERMELON FUN

Halve and scoop out most, but not all of the flesh of a honeydew melon. Pack the honeydew with rasberry sherbert and freeze. Slice the honeydew into pieces, and let children press chocolate chips into the sherbert to look like seeds. A fun activity for young children, and very refreshing

PAPER TOWEL TIE DYE

Show children how to put drops of food coloring on a paper towel to make designs and mix colors. Start with a dry towel, where the color stays in a fairly limited area. Then try a wet towel, where the color fans out. Experiment — mix colors, create designs or blend edges of the color bursts. Make sure you have a washable, non-staining surface underneath the towel!