Cleaning schedule for busy and working moms

I just recently created a new cleaning schedule for myself and I wanted to try it out for a couple of weeks before I share it will you all.

This schedule really works for us busy moms, especially moms who work. I designed the schedule that I am about to share with you specifically for working moms.

By the time you get home from work your tired and all you want to do is relax with your kids. You don't want to have to come home to a sink full of dishes or a bathroom that hasn't been cleaned. Then you tell yourself "eu i'll just do it over the weekend"

But in reality weekends are for relaxing not cleaning after a hard week at work. 

Cleaning Calendar

Daily

MORNING BEFORE WORK

Make Beds

Empty Dishwasher

Put in one load of laundry

EVENING

Fold Laundry and Put Away

Load Dishwasher

Sweep Kitchen Floor

Chore of the Day

Chore of the Day

Monday                                   Clean Bathrooms

Tuesday                                   Dust                           

Wednesday                             Vacuum

Thursday                                 Mop Floors

Friday                                      FREE

Saturday                                  Swing Day/Catch-up Day

Sunday                                    FREE

Swing Day

1^st Week                      Clean oven, microwave and fridge

2^nd Week                     Wipe down walls, baseboards and floors

3^rd week                       Clean inside windows and blinds

4^th week                       Wipe down cabinets

The schedule is pretty self explanatory  It really worked for me, try it out and let me know if it worked for you.

Happy cleaning

Brianna. 

Christmas re cap 2012

I'm finally getting around to my Christmas re cap and I just finished putting together our Christmas eve and day video.

This was Carter's first christmas, and it really felt like our family was complete. Ayden actually understood what was going on and he could tear his own present open.

This christmas was very exciting for my husband and I as well because it is our second christmas in our home. Both mine and my husbands family lives about 10 minutes away, therefore we really like to share our time with both sides.

 Every christmas eve during the day I love to make homemade cookies with the kids. Now that they are growing up they will always remember this tradition.

Baking Cookies on Christmas eve

We also have made it a tradition to go to church with my parents and brothers. Then afterwards we go to my parents house for christmas eve dinner and all the kids get to open one present. The fire is going, usually all the kids are in their pj's and slippers getting anxious to see what santa brought them.

 As soon as the night ends and the kids are getting sleepy, we leave my parents house and go home to place out cookies and milk for santa. oh and don't forget carrots for the reindeer!

Ayden wanted to eat all the cookies too. He offered mommy & daddy some

Then I read a christmas story to the kids, remind them that they have to go to bed in order for santa to come. Sometimes we like to reminisce of past Christmas's with pictures on my computer, which makes the christmas spirit really shine. 

Mommy reading Ayden his christmas story before bed. 

Once the kids are really asleep my husband and I put together their gift from "santa" and place them under the tree along side the other gift from family and friends. 

Aydens present on the left. Carter's on the right.

The next morning I usually wake up early to turn on all the christmas lights in the house and put a pot of coffee on, then go upstairs and anxiously await for the kids to wake up. (I think I might be more excited than there will ever be haha)

When they do I remind them that "its christmas and let's go see what santa brought".

Here is our christmas eve/day video.

Once all our presents our open and the huges and kisses have gone around, I start making a beautiful christmas breakfast. We all gather around the dinner room table for breakfast and share about what we got for christmas. 

After cleaning up from breakfast we get ready for my husbands family to come over for christmas dinner and share more gifts. 

We had an an awesome christmas this year and we hope you and your family did too. 

Here more December month pictures 

Until next year...

Stages and Ages

29 months

Sometimes I found myself sitting down googling or reading other mothers blogs asking "when will it get easier."

When will the crying stop, when will the screaming stop, and when will the 4 o'clock in the morning stomping into our room screaming dinosaurs ever stop?

Then I stop guessing myself and think, one thing might stop but another stage and age with continue and I will be right back where I am now googling or asking other mothers when something will stop!

New stages bring on new challenges.

The part where it's 

noticeably easier

He lets me brush his teeth without a fight.

He understands what it means to wait while I'm getting ready.

He entertains himself.

He won't go out the door without shoes.

He'll go get me a diaper and wipes for carter.

He'll go get underwear on every Morning and put his pull up in the trash.

He'll smile for pictures until I start taking to many.

He tells me Jesus is in is heart.

He will let me know what show he wants to watch or if he wants me to turn on music.

He loves to help cook.

His favorite part of going potty is flushing and he has to pull up his underwear and pants by himself.

We started going to restaurants and grocery store again.

He will tell me when he is tired, hungry or thirsty.

He knows how to work my iPhone sometimes better than I do.

Nap times are on schedule.

New 

Challenges.

Stores with toys.

He is having dreams about mean dinosaurs and running in our room at 4 'o'clock in the morning and refuses to go back in his own room at that point.

Nose picking in public

toes nail picking

Sharing means were declaring war.

He still follows me around the entire house.

He wants any toy carter is playing with at the moment.

He wants to play outside all day long and when it is time to come in, it's a tear storm.

He wants milk sometimes instead of eating lunch or dinner.

Quirks!

He hates being dirty.

He mocks things daddy and I say including bad words and he won't let us forget by telling us "daddy that's a bad word."

He will not get in the car unless he knows the car is off. Because if its on and he is not in the car. "It's danga"(danger")

Tells me everyday while putting on his backpack that he loves me and that he is going to school, then "bye mom"

His favorite things are toy story, sweets, daddy and anything to do with wheels.

He gets a busted lip just about once a month from playing so hard.

Computer & challenge blogs

Hello friends,
I haven't been able to blog in about two month because my lap top keyboard stopped working on somebody the letters.
I have about 100 blogging ideas written down but it's so hard to write it all on my cell phone.
So the holidays are finally over, it's a good thing because it is a little bit of a stressful time, but it's also a bad thing because I hate taking down the Christmas decorations. 😔

But because its a new year, means new goals.
I could sit here and tell you that I'm going to work out, blog more, anddddd organize certain parts of my house.
But am I really going to do it is the question and how and how am I going to stay focused?

I'm going to have a challenge blog once a week!

Each week there will be one challenge for myself, and I encourage you all to challenge yourself as well.

So starting tomorrow will be challenge #1.
Example challenges.
•start the coach to 5k workout and continue throughout all week.
•organize office
•set a schedule for kids
Etc, etc

I want to challenge myself to see if i can keep up with the challenges all year to better myself.
My main thing is time management because we all know that "there is just not enough hours in the day" I want each day to be as productive as the last.

I looking forward to day one!