Clean Kitchen

To night I go to bed knowing my kitchen is clean. It's so clean it sparkles. Even my rugs are clean. The living room is looking better. I did two loads of laundry this morning. It's all done and put away. The kids room is picked up. The diaper bag is packed. Goldfish is sooooooo happy, Daycare is back tomorrow. He's been asking every few hours for the last 4 days if we can go to daycare, and "is daycare back from vacation." and "I want to go play with my children." It's always weird to hear a three year old say "my children."

I am currently bidding on an MP3 docking station. I'm hoping I can get it and replace my last one that died in the flood. I think I will like it. the newer comparable model is about $100 so if I can get this one, for about $25 I will be happy. It should work with my iPod Mini.

I have made some headway with making routines. tonight was my first night with them. I think I can do it. It will be great if i can get it to be automatic. here's what my evening routine looks like right now:

1. Clean up from dinner: Dishes, Sweep/mop, Wipe table, high chair, and counters.
2. Pack lunch and diaper bag
3. Prep Sippys for Cheese, and water for me
4. put out the breakfast things
5. find everyones shoes
6. make sure every one's clothes are laid out (work out and day clothes.)

Well that was just exciting. Goldfish just dumped 2.5 gallons of water all over the kitchen floor. he came out to the kitchen super quite and I didn't hear him until CRASH and WAIL started. I had no idea what happened. I found him sobbing in a huge puddle of water with a Diego cup in his hand. I had been refilling the 2.5 jug of water that we keep in the fridge for those that prefer their water cold, from our gallon Britta filter. It was full and I was going to cap it up and whisk it off to the fridge just before bed. Now my clean rugs are soaked, and so are the clean towels. I just washed them, so I had no dirty ones to get. My big jug is cracked so off to Kmart I will go tomorrow after the boys are safely in daycare.

Last night I did some great shopping. I had taken some baby things to a very picky consignment shop about 9 months ago. (just before I started flying) I had $44 still in "in store credit" that was going to expire at the end of the summer. They were having a blow out sale. all their summer clearance stuff was 70% off, if you came after 6. I got Goldfish a whole bunch of summer clothes in the next size up. I also got him a Thomas train for his wooden tracks, that turned out to be battery operated so it will pull his train cars. (it in fact can go forwards and backwards!) I also got goldfish a few winter clothes, these were all for full price, which still wasn't bad. any way I came out with a almost complete wardrobe for the next size. Of course there is still room for the Christmas gifts of clothes that everyone knows he will get!