iggyshotthebear
Registered Member
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Most of you know I have a little trouble controlling the messes in my house... this past week I have turned into a FLYing freak of control and cleanliness... I gave the kids each a chore chart with pictures of tasks they needed to do. If they did one thing a day by the end of the week it would be all finished and I told them they would earn a trip to the park. I did NOT include cleaning their room on the chore chart because it's an absolute complete disaster (they learned from Mamma so Mamma was gonna clean it with them this Saturday)...
They have not done one single thing that was on their charts so tonight I turned into Drill Sergeant Iggy.... I blew up entirely and in a very deep tone ( I did NOT yell) told them to get their booties movin' and pick up all their outside toys that they wanted to keep and all their inside toys that they wanted to keep... THEY IGNORED ME! So I grabbed the BIG OL' STINKY trashcan from outside and started throwin toys away... Of course they immediately started crying...
My dilemma... do I drag the toys back out that I've been tripping over in the living room? They have a VERY nice sized bedroom even if there are two people living in it and a two HUGE toy boxes... I don't even expect them to arrange anything... Just dump it in the toybox... I feel badly because I know I tossed a few things that the kids just got for their birthdays but dammit... if I keep steppin on them Im gonna break em and have to throw em away anyhow...
ANNNNND... (yes, I know this isnt a parenting rant room but I know alot of y'all are parents) do I keep up the 'if its not put away it gets thrown away' attitude ...
I feel like my dad ... wonder if he would loan me that snow shovel LOL
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Most of you know I have a little trouble controlling the messes in my house... this past week I have turned into a FLYing freak of control and cleanliness... I gave the kids each a chore chart with pictures of tasks they needed to do. If they did one thing a day by the end of the week it would be all finished and I told them they would earn a trip to the park. I did NOT include cleaning their room on the chore chart because it's an absolute complete disaster (they learned from Mamma so Mamma was gonna clean it with them this Saturday)...
They have not done one single thing that was on their charts so tonight I turned into Drill Sergeant Iggy.... I blew up entirely and in a very deep tone ( I did NOT yell) told them to get their booties movin' and pick up all their outside toys that they wanted to keep and all their inside toys that they wanted to keep... THEY IGNORED ME! So I grabbed the BIG OL' STINKY trashcan from outside and started throwin toys away... Of course they immediately started crying...
My dilemma... do I drag the toys back out that I've been tripping over in the living room? They have a VERY nice sized bedroom even if there are two people living in it and a two HUGE toy boxes... I don't even expect them to arrange anything... Just dump it in the toybox... I feel badly because I know I tossed a few things that the kids just got for their birthdays but dammit... if I keep steppin on them Im gonna break em and have to throw em away anyhow...
ANNNNND... (yes, I know this isnt a parenting rant room but I know alot of y'all are parents) do I keep up the 'if its not put away it gets thrown away' attitude ...
I feel like my dad ... wonder if he would loan me that snow shovel LOL
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