Our Kids

So I am really big on modeling the behavior that I want the girls to have. I try to eat right, exercise, recycle, clean up litter, be kind and a lot of other behaviors that I want to foster in the girls. We have done a really good job, IMHO. One thing I just realized is that I don’t model one behavior that I do want in the girls and that is cleaning up. I get so focused on making sure the girls are having a good time that we are go go go and I find myself (and Jason) cleaning up after the girls go to bed. By the end of the week we are swimming in stuff that did not get picked up and annoyed with ourselves for not getting it cleaned up. Last week we started a new routine and it seems to be going well, before we leave the house we have to pick up, before they do an activity they really want to do we have to pick up…well you get the idea. It seems to be going well, the girls are really helpful with things but this is more about keeping the house nice and tidy and being able to find things when we need them. Now in the mornings we get the house picked up and read books or whatnot until it is time to go, the only downside is starting the getting ready routine even earlier (as if that was possible) to make sure we have time to talk about cleaning up and to actually clean up. I am finding that it could take us as long as 2 hours to actually get ready to go somewhere, LOL!