I have often heard stories about pregnant women who get the “nesting” urge. The urge is supposed to hit before birth. Pregnant women who get the nesting urge have an uncontrollable urge to fix up the house and get things ready for the baby.
I am not sure why, but I have officially begun to get [...]
Tags: cleaning, Home Improvement, nesting, preparing for baby
Posted in: Pregnancy
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So I’m moving house, and today the leasing agent came by take photographs. I cleaned, and moved junk out of sight, and took the diaper pail down to the basement, and put all the toys away while Toddler was sleeping. Washed all the dishes and put them away, hid the toys that live on the [...]
Tags: clean, cleaning, housework, organization
Posted in: Baby, Parenting
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If I told you that I spent half of Christmas Day, December 25, sewing and doing the laundry, would you believe me?
Yes, I did. Honest. The Christmas dinner had been eaten the night before (as German tradition goes), my husband was napping, while the kids were happily playing with their new toys. So I decided [...]
Tags: beach, Christmas, cleaning, December 25, Germany, Multi-cultural Christmas, tradition
Posted in: Holidays
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Earlier today, our cat threw up and soon after, the baby rode across the kitchen and into the throw-up, in his walker. Yuck.
When you’ve got kids, you’ve got messes. At times, my husband goes with the flow and accepts this fact pretty well. Occasionally, though, he’ll get into his uptight, neat-freak mode and be very [...]
Tags: Add new tag, cleaning, housework, memories, messy, toddler
Posted in: Parenting, Toddlers
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We’re guilty of it – not cleaning our daughter’s toys as often as we should. I’m sure we aren’t the only ones who just don’t seem to have cleaning the toys high on the priorities list, although we certainly should. Kids? toys, especially when shared with other children, can be a breeding ground for bacteria [...]
Tags: Baby, cleaning, Health, Products, Toddlers, toys
Posted in: Baby, Health, Products, Toddlers
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